The deadline to file for the Oct. 4 municipal election is 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 29, at City Hall. There will be eight seats on the ballot for the borough assembly, port commission and school …
The borough assembly will hold a special meeting Thursday, Aug. 21, to consider the next steps toward a new cruise ship dock downtown and a new barge landing and freight staging yard at the former …
The Wrangell Sentinel’s new website went live this week, providing bigger photos, easier-to-read headlines and new features. Even better, the website will be free — no paywall — for the next …
Wrangell Police Chief Gene Meek has started a public safety campaign to enforce new e-scooter regulations through education and enforcement. The police department posted a safety video Monday, …
In a change from the usual musical, family-fun or children’s play, the community theater has selected a production that mixes a humorous look at marriage infidelity with Southern …
More than 170 Wrangell kids can answer the question, “What did you do this summer?” with “READ!” The Irene Ingle Public Library summer reading program ended with a pizza lunch, pool party …
Wrangell’s coho and king salmon derbies — with separate prizes for each — closed Sunday evening, Aug. 17, with noticeably lighter participation and smaller leaderboards than in past …
Bidding doesn’t close until Oct. 31 on the 20 residential lots that the borough wants to sell at the Alder Top Village (Keishangita.’aan) subdivision at Shoemaker Bay, but eight of the lots …
Film photography is experiencing a revival among young people seeking tangible experiences in an increasingly digital world. For photographers like James Edens, film photography never lost its …
Wrangell Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Tracey Martin will leave the position on Aug. 29 after one year on the job to travel the world with her husband. Martin said she planned to stay …
With well-attended events and dozens of visitors from neighboring communities, Bearfest 2025 “was a rousing success,” organizer Sylvia Ettefagh said. “Everything about Bearfest was …
The WMC Cancer Care Foundation was created in 2005 because Janet Buness, the hospital’s director of nursing, realized a cancer diagnosis often comes with expenses that insurance doesn’t …
SEARHC is moving ahead with plans to build housing for its staff who work in Wrangell on short-term assignments. The first phase will include eight furnished rentals in three duplexes and two …
It’s been slow at the salmon derby weigh-in station, but cohos may change that. As of Monday afternoon, less than a dozen kings and coho had been lifted up and weighed in the adult …
Joshua Garrett was enjoying a quiet Saturday when he learned that Alaska lawmakers had overridden Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of $50 million in school funding — news that will …
When Haidyn Gadd decided to take part in the Youth Employment Services (YES) program, she originally hoped to work with her mother, Sara Gillen, owner of Drive Thru Brew. She didn’t …
In the several years he has been in Alaska, Javier Beltran has worked multiple jobs; but all the while, he wanted to do his favorite thing: cook for other people. That has now become a …
The old saying is that good things are worth the wait. S wimmers are undoubtedly happy with the news that the community swimming pool has reopened after a shutdown of more than three …
After years of providing shelter for a multitude of different community events, the downtown pavilion will be taken apart sometime before mid-September and put into storage until it can find a new …
After debating at several meetings an age limit for e-bike and e-scooter users in town, the borough assembly settled on an ordinance that sets “rules of the road” for users — but does not set a …