Sarah Aslam is the newest addition to the Sentinel staff, starting work as a reporter in Wrangell on Sept. 20 after almost eight years in news in Orlando, Florida, with a stint in 2016 in Seward and Anchorage.

"I met Sarah when she was on vacation in Anchorage in July, and knew then she belonged in Alaska, not Florida," said Sentinel publisher Larry Persily.

Aslam will cover borough government and other news in Wrangell, joining editor Marc Lutz and office manager Amber Armstrong on the Sentinel staff.

"Wrangell deserves a newspaper that fully reports on the community, and the staff additio...