One of Southeast Alaska's most prolific pink salmon rivers, known for attracting copious numbers of bears, wildlife photographers and tourists, may soon add a new category of visitor to its ranks: …
The Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska plans to expand its Head Start program in Wrangell to 30 kids from the current 20 spots — and add child care services for the …
Borough officials are negotiating with American Cruise Lines and the two barge companies that serve Wrangell, and the results could produce big changes for the downtown waterfront. Officials from …
A bell recovered from a Southeast Alaska shipwreck that claimed 112 lives more than a century ago rang Thursday, May 29, for the first time in 117 years, signaling its future role in a Wrangell …
Faced with strong community pushback to an ordinance that would limit e-bike and e-scooter drivers to 14-year-olds and up, the borough assembly postponed action and scheduled a town hall meeting on …
Joshua Garrett will be the new superintendent for Wrangell schools after the school board unanimously approved his contract on Friday, May 30. Garrett attended the meeting virtually from his …
In raising the limit on purchases subject to sales tax to $5,000 — the current cap is $3,000 — the assembly removed a provision from the ordinance that would have raised the taxable limit on work …
This year’s property tax rate is unchanged from last year, at 9.75 mills, or $975 per $100,000 in assessed property value for homeowners, landowners and commercial property owners. It’s the …
When Brianna Schilling started compiling names of youngsters for the Little League season, she was excited to see the largest number of sign-ups in the past 10 years. But while the number of athletes …
The assembly has approved higher lease rates for borough-owned property. The annual rates for leased tidelands and uplands parcels will increase from 6% of the property’s market value to …
SEARHC is considering building rental housing for its employees in Wrangell. The Southeast Alaska health care provider is sketching out plans to build housing on property it owns on Zimovia …
The school board voted unanimously last week to offer the superintendent job to Joshua Garrett, who is currently working in the Central Asia country of Kazakhstan, where he is director of an …
It’s not the same as being 70 feet underwater, searching for the remnants of a 1908 Southeast Alaska shipwreck, but it will be drier and warmer for the public when the dive team reports on their …
This year's Fourth of July fundraising efforts by royalty contestant Sophia Martinsen will start with the annual kickoff at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, May 31, at the downtown pavilion, rain or shine - which …
The Petroglyph Beach State Historic Site entitles Wrangell to a seat on the new 10-member Southeast Regional Citizens Advisory Board for state parks — but no one from town has …
The borough is working with the state on a new management agreement for the Petroglyph Beach State Historic Site which would result in the municipality collecting fees from commercial users and …
There’s a lot to grading a stick of dimension lumber. It’s not necessarily more than meets the eye, but it takes a trained eye to judge the grain and look for any defects. To train those eyes, …
Loren Morgan, the new chiropractor at Arctic Chiropractic, is making a few adjustments to Wrangell himself. He had lived in Anchorage since 1981, driving down to his fish camp on the Kenai …
Jamie Wollman, who served the past year as principal at Evergreen Elementary School, has resigned from the job. Wollman last year replaced Ann Hillman, who had the position for two years before …
Filling in more area along the waterfront in front of the Nolan Center could create new opportunities for economic development, and the borough assembly has directed staff to explore financing …