Wrangell Sentinel -

The fire department and SEARHC are helping residents to stay healthy — or at least know when they are not healthy and should stay home for the protection of others in the community.

Both are handing out free at-home COVID-19 test kits, as long as supplies last. Not only are the tests free, but they are easy to use and can do a lot to keep the Omicron variant of the coronavirus where it should be: Behind us, not looming large ahead of us.

After Wrangell — along with the rest of the state and the country — took ill in record numbers in January, reports of new COVID cases are on the decl...