Jan. 21, 1926
Leaving Anchorage a year ago this month, Milton Willis, “The Cassiar Kid,” went to Wrangell, where he procured as much information as possible, got an outfit together and headed for the Cassiar District 250 miles away, pulling a homemade sled with 300 pounds of baggage and supplies. Willis has many fine photographs of the trip and of the Cassiar. One picture though is very unusual, for it reveals two moose swimming in open water in a river partly frozen over. On that day, Willis and another chap were out gunning for fresh meat. They spotted the moose, which were making frantic efforts to climb to solid ice. Using a pack rope for a lasso, they successfully roped one and dragged him out of the water, but the other moose apparently became weakened from its long struggle in the water and slowly sank under the ice.

Jan. 19, 1951
The Klawock High School basketball team played here for the first time last night and competed against the Wrangell town team, the Thunderbirds, losing 46-35. This is the first year Klawock has had a basketball team, so the boys are a bit inexperienced. Tonight, Klawock will meet the Wrangell Wolves high school team.

Jan. 21, 1976
Wrangell High School received a commendation and also a warning of “inadequate” facilities from the Alaska Committee of the Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools. The committee listed the pluses: The school’s “sizable course offerings for a small student body; excellent teacher ratio per student; and continued improvements to the school plant.” The committee, however, called the size of the school’s facilities for music, physical education and library operation inadequate. “While the committee commends the community for pursuing a building program, it must note that unsatisfactory conditions continue to exist in regards to the building and the size, and (we) urge all possible speed to correct the conditions.”

Jan. 18, 2001
Changes in Americans’ burial preferences, shared by those in Wrangell, have prompted the town’s cemetery committee to begin investigating installation of a columbarium at Sunset Gardens. According to the Cremation Association of North America, 26% of Americans and 58% of Alaskans now choose to be cremated rather than embalmed. A columbarium is a building housing ashes in niches or small compartments. By a vote of the committee, Public Works Superintendent Bob Caldwell was asked to present to the city council a request for the purchase of two units at a cost of $27,000 for both, excluding shipping and setup costs.