The school board has invited to town the finalists for superintendent to meet with the community, answer questions and sit down for interviews with board members. The community meeting, which is …
The borough will get all of the land it owns at the 6-Mile mill site cleaned up, cleared out and leveled for future development in exchange for giving close to 10 acres of the property to …
Borough assembly members voted without objection to sell six lots totaling 1.3 acres behind the old hospital building to a Wasilla developer who wants to build 16 rental units on the property. The …
Trident Seafoods — Wrangell’s largest employer during the summer — plans to open its salmon processing plant next month after its usual winter closure. “We’re looking forward to opening …
The Nolan Center has a new summer exhibit to engage both locals and cruise ship visitors: The display celebrates the legendary sporting goods entrepreneur George Herter. Herter's sporting goods …
A group of Alaska’s rural school districts — including Wrangell — are asking for help after the federal government failed to renew a program that sends grant money to previously …
The borough assembly has approved a $2.296 million contract to construct gravel streets and install buried utility lines at the Alder Top Village (Keishangita.’aan) subdivision near Shoemaker Bay, …
A public hearing will be held Tuesday, May 27, at City Hall on a proposed ordinance that could raise an estimated $200,000 a year in total from collecting more sales tax on work performed at the …
The borough assembly has advanced a proposed ordinance to regulate and set a minimum age to ride an e-bike or e-scooter in town, scheduling a public hearing for Tuesday, May 27, on the possible new …
Among the revenue-raising measures before the assembly is an ordinance to boost the lease rate on borough-owned tidelands and other parcels. Several lots around town are borough-owned tidelands …
American Cruise Lines, which operates a pair of 170-passenger ships in Southeast Alaska, is talking with the borough about a long-term lease on a new dock to better accommodate its overnight …
President Donald Trump’s budget proposal would cut funding by more than half for the Essential Air Service program, which has ensured daily jet service to Wrangell, Petersburg, Yakutat and Cordova …
It happens every year, but that doesn't make it any less special. This year's graduation ceremony will start at 7 p.m. Friday, May 16, at the high school gym. Though seating on the gym floor is …
It’s just a short block but it’s long been a challenge for drivers and the borough public works crew. Relief is in sight, with new underground water and sewage pipes, a new crushed-rock …
The school board has narrowed down its search for a replacement for outgoing Superintendent Bill Burr to three finalists. The board scheduled a special meeting for Monday, May 12, “to act on the …
The Presbyterian Church, which has had an interest in the Garnet Ledge on the mainland across from Wrangell for 63 years, has turned over ownership to the Wrangell Cooperative Association. The …
There are no timelines to process grief and trauma, and the impacts of the deadly 2023 landslide in Wrangell continue to affect the community. To help, the Wrangell Cooperative Association received a …
After 13 years with the Wrangell Cooperative Association, the past seven as tribal administrator, Esther Aaltséen Reese will leave in June to start her new job as chief operating officer for the …
Krizz Kaliko is bringing his unique brand of hip-hop/country music - and some mental health talk - to town as part of the Wrangell Cooperative Association's Bouncing Back program. He will give two …
After losing more than $500,000 in federal funding, the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska has put on hold this year’s community food distribution of herring roe and …