March 25, 1926
Lester D. Henderson, Alaska education commissioner, spent part of last week in Wrangell, inspecting the schools. “The Wrangell school faculty is an excellent one. The quality of the student body of the schools is highly satisfactory when measured by the achievement of high school graduates who enter colleges and universities,” he said. “But there is one thing wrong with the Wrangell schools. The school buildings are antiquated, unhygienic, unsanitary and too small to adequately house the enrollment. The town has developed commercially to the point where its future growth may be seriously impaired if better school facilities are not provided.”

March 23, 1951
The Wrangell Health Council issued a statement regarding the council’s loan closet: The Health Council wants to remind those who have sickness in the family and need items from the loan closet to call Bobby Zepp at 126 or the Health Center office at 116. Anyone who has items from the loan closet should not pass them to someone else without notifying Zepp or the office. This is to keep track of the items. “Please return your borrowed item to the loan closet when finished with it and have your name crossed off the book.”

March 24, 1976
Chuck Oliver, a veteran logger and operator of Lost Valley Timber Co., of Wrangell, has proposed forming a Wrangell logging museum. Oliver said old-time logging equipment, long in misuse, is available from various former logging sites in the area. “We want something to draw people to Wrangell, and this would be a fantastic thing. Oliver said he will seek cooperation from the chamber of commerce, the city and volunteers in getting a logging museum started.


March 29, 2001
City council chambers was fairly full at Tuesday’s meeting, with persons hoping to address the council concerning this year’s property tax assessments. City Finance Director Jeff Jabusch addressed the council and the public concerning tax assessments. “For three, almost four years, there was no increase in tax (assessments), though during that time what was actually being bought and sold kept increasing. There was a small increase a couple of years ago and then last year we were under a state mandate to have our taxes at 100 percent of market value. We needed to be in compliance with state law.”