May 27, 1926
This season will witness the entry of the Wrangell sawmill into the export field on a much larger scale. Recently, Harry Gartley, president and manager of the Wrangell Lumber and Power Co., and Eldon Daly of the Ketchikan Spruce Mills decided to pull together in going after the export business on a large scale. A representative was sent to New York to secure worthwhile orders. The representative was successful in securing an order for six million board feet to be delivered this season. To make delivery of this initial order will require two ships loaded to capacity, which will sail direct from Southeast Alaska to New York via the Panama Canal.

May 25, 1951
At press time today two candidates had been announced for the Wrangell Fourth of July queen contest. The girls are Rose Kalkins, sponsored by the Elks Lodge, and Dolly Villarma, sponsored by the Degree of Pocahontas. Having organizations sponsor girls for the queen contest was not planned earlier but the Fourth of July committee, meeting last Tuesday, decided there would be more interest and participation in the contest if local organizations sponsored candidates as was done last year.

May 26, 1976
A contractor said this week prospects “look good” that he can bid to build Wrangell’s community swimming pool for the $600,000 in funding that is available. Tom Owens, owner of Owens Drilling Co., which constructs logging roads for Ketchikan Pulp Co., said a Washington consulting engineer has been studying plans for the pool for several weeks for Owens Dilling and has indicated the job looks feasible. Owens said he expects to know by late June if he will submit a bid on the pool job.

May 24, 2001
The regular meeting of the city council immediately followed a public workshop discussing the school budget with Schools Superintendent Woody Wilson. Wilson attempted to explain the breakdown of the money the school needs, including carryover and possible funds received from the state from last year, to run the system. Wilson described that the money available is contingent on enrollment numbers in the school and that it is not exact science. “We don’t know exactly how many kids will be leaving, we just try to estimate the numbers.”