Wrangell Sentinel -

Recently, the Wrangell and Petersburg Boroughs helped one another with a ‘handshake agreement’ that sent Wrangell’s 80-foot Line Truck over to its neighboring municipality for about a week. Petersburg crews worked fast to trim trees close to powerlines before sending the vehicle back on the Friday morning ferry.

“We’re trimming over top of the power lines where the snow builds up and makes problems,” said Petersburg Line Foreman Scott Newman. “We’ve got some of it done and still have a lot more to do. Some of the poles are really far off the road, and they’re pretty hard...