Actually, the hot dogs will be cold dogs.

A new event at this year’s Wrangell Fourth of July celebration will be a wiener toss, planned for 8:30 p.m. July 3 on Front Street.

Sponsored by radio station KSTK, the toss will offer prizes for unusual tosses, not necessarily the longest toss or last to drop the dog, said Brittani Robbins, executive director of the chamber of commerce. “It’s throwing raw hot dogs at each other,”she said.

While the long holiday weekend is just a week away and plans are set for most events, the chamber, which organizes the Fourth of July celebration, still n...