A stack of logs sits at Mike Allen Jr.'s sawmill on March 14. Allen operates the mill with his sons and describes the borough's recent push for more logging in the area as a "win-win."
It was always going to be tough for City Hall to follow up a fiscal year that brought in over $50 million in federal and state funding, but 2025 hasn't exactly gotten off to a rip-roaring financial start.
Congress' failure to reauthorize funding for the Secure Rural Schools program means that the borough is beginning to build next year's budget in a $800,000 hole after losing the federal aid; the pending launch of Sitka's new haul-out boatyard could take business away from Wrangell's economy; and the failure by Congress to pass a full budget bill means that Wrangell's capital project requests...
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