Wrangell not only has a new medical clinic, but a brand new physician added to the staff of the Alaska Island Community Services location on Wood Street.

Dr. Laura Dooley, who has been affiliated with Bartlett Regional Medical Center and Southeast Regional Health Consortium, began work this week and will be seeing patients at the new facility.

Dooley, who just arrived in town with her husband, said she has been here in the past during her travels throughout the state.

“It’s good to be here in Wrangell, but you know, I have only been here for about 24 hours,” Dooley said on Monday morn...