Wrangell Sentinel -

The decade-old Alaska Island Community Services “Crossings” program may be searching for its soul in the coming months after a round of federal budget cuts cost a number of employees their jobs last week.

A group of nine full- and part-time core staff members from the program, the largest wilderness therapy program for emotionally at-risk teens in the State of Alaska, received letters on Friday, Nov. 4 telling them their positions were being eliminated due to “unforeseen circumstances.”

The letter also told the employees they would be provided with packets informing them about the...