The Wrangell Cemetery Board met for the first time in over a year on Feb. 1 and discussed the possibility of opening a new cemetery.

Wrangell currently has two cemeteries, the Wrangell Memorial Cemetery and Sunset Gardens. However, soon there will be no more plots available, and the Cemetery Board wants to find a space that could serve the town for the next 100 years.

According to the City and Borough Wrangell, there are 31 grave plots left at Sunset Gardens Cemetery and nine plots at the Memorial Cemetery.

Those remaining plots will likely be taken in the next three to five years, sai...