Wrangell Sentinel -

Wrangell's Economic Development Committee met for the first time in almost a year last Thursday, Aug. 22, according to EDC Chair Julie Decker. Economic Development Director Carol Rushmore said that the committee is meant to meet quarterly, but that she didn't want to call together meetings just for the sake of having meetings. With two recent developments that are likely to impact Wrangell's economy, though, a meeting was finally organized.

The two main items on the evening's agenda were in regards to the Wrangell Cooperative Association's community prioritization survey, and the Forest Ser...