Wrangell Sentinel -

Wrangell City and Borough Assembly members Stephen Prysunka, Julie Decker and Pamella McCloskey met Nov. 26 for a special session to discuss further involvement in a trio of suits filed against the United States Forest Service over its Big Thorne timber sale with Craig-based mill Viking Lumber.

The Assembly had already decided on Oct. 28 to intervene in one of the suits, for the fee of $5,000. It had investigated separately filing an amicus brief as an option, but had decided the cost of that action would likely have been higher while leaving Wrangell with little input.

“We were asked by...