Wrangell Sentinel -

There is a backlog at the driver's license and vehicle registration office in Wrangell, said Police Chief Tom Radke, but they are working their way down the list and hope to have things running smoothly in the near future.

The office in the Public Safety Building on Zimovia Highway has been closed or otherwise inaccessible for several months, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and retirement of the only employee.

The Division of Motor Vehicles office, a function of the state, is working its way through a backlog of appointments. Radke said there were still 27 appointments to go, as of Monday, and...