Sept. 24, 1925
The war on rats and mice is on, and everybody in Wrangell is urged to cooperate in a campaign to make this a restless and miceless community. Proclamation by the mayor: “Whereas, it is estimated that there are two rats or mice to each person in every community; and whereas these rats and mice destroy property, breed disease, are a menace to health and constitute an annoying nuisance; and whereas Miss Helen A. Caldwell, famous through the country as a worker in this has come to Wrangell for the purpose of assisting our citizens in exterminating these pests through the use of barium carbonate, a poison which has been approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a supply of which is on sale at several Wrangell stores; and whereas this campaign to rid Alaska communities of rats and mice has the endorsement of the Territorial Commission of Health; therefore I, Geo. H. Barnes, Mayor of the Town of Wrangell, proclaim the week from Sept. 23 to Oct. 1, 1925, as “Rat Killing Week,” and urge the people to lend their full cooperation in ridding their premises and the whole town of these pests.”

Sept. 22, 1950
Miss Louise K. Unrah, of Portland, Oregon, arrived here recently to be in charge of the school at Vank Island. Under supervision of the Seventh-day Adventists, the school has seven pupils. The community is made possible by the Heibert and Owen Brothers’ logging operations and Miss Unrah said there will be about 20 adults and three preschool children on the island this winter besides the school children.

Sept. 24, 1975
Two interests are considering building nonprofit salmon hatcheries in the Wrangell area, state Department of Fish and Game bologist Brad Brahy told the chamber of commerce at its regular meeting last week. One of the interests, an individual, is considering a hatchery on Crittenden Creek, while the other, Alaska Aquaculture, of Anchorage, is considering either Pats Creek or St. Johns Creek on Zarembo Island, Brahy said. Though the details are yet to be worked out, Brahy said the hatcheries would operate basically as follows: The commercial fisheries would have a chance to catch returning salmon up to a geographical point designated by the Department of Fish and Game. The salmon that make it past that point would become property of the hatchery. The hatchery would use whatever salmon it needed for reproduction and have the option of selling the rest of the fish.

Sept. 21, 2000
Moose season opened Sept. 15 and lumbered off to a slow start this past weekend due to stormy weather conditions. According to Wrangell Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologist Gordie Wood, only one confirmed moose was taken, by Chuck Jenkins, though he had reports of several not yet reported. Fish and Game biologist Rich Lowell from Petersburg said early results from other areas locally include one moose taken on Kupreanof Island, three from Mitkof, and one from Thorne Bay. Moose season will continue until Oct. 15.