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A 7.5 magnitude earthquake, with an epicenter located 110 kilometers west of Craig and approximately 6 miles under the earth’s surface, struck just minutes before midnight on Friday, shaking houses across the region. A tsunami warning was initially lodged for almost all of Southeast, including Wrangell and Petersburg, though it was cancelled within hours of the initial quake. No substantial elevation in the tide level at Wrangell or Petersburg was reported. Although no evacua...
Customers of GCI in Wrangell lost Internet, cable television and cell phone coverage in the early hours on Saturday, Jan. 5 after a massive earthquake rattled the coast of Southeast Alaska. The 7.5 magnitude temblor, which was located 110 kilometers west of Craig and was approximately six miles under the earth’s surface, struck just minutes before midnight on Friday, shaking houses across the region – and knocking out the communications provider approximately half-an-hour after the initial sho...
A record group of 50 diehard participants braved the chilly waters of Shoemaker Bay on the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 1 during the 14th Annual Polar Bear Swim....
The business of processing fresh seafood is one of the staple industries in Wrangell. It eclipsed logging as the top provider of jobs after the closure of both mills and has seen seasonal employment opportunities for locals and visitors alike in those years. One of the major processors in the borough is Sea Level Seafoods, and John Moody, a long-time Wrangell resident, has been working there since his teens, rising to the helm of dockside operations and ensuring the catch made by our fishing...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. Jan. 9, 1913: During a storm commencing on New Years' Day and lasting three days, the town of Craig suffered much property damage and the death of one citizen. On the second day, Jan. 2, James Comus was instantly killed by a tree, which was blown down on his cabin crushing him as he lay in bed. C. Erickson narrowly escaped a similar fate, having left his cabin only a few minutes before his cabin was wrecked by a falling tree. Numerous other cabins were blown down by the force of the gale. On the...
A local man is behind bars after being charged as part of a drug sales ring operating out of Wrangell and Ketchikan – and included the alleged sale and delivery of marijuana and methamphetamine. Wrangell Police Department officers arrested Larry Dean Simpson, 54, on Dec. 24 at his residence on Evergreen Road after a warrant seeking him was lodged in Ketchikan. Simpson was arrested after allegations came to light that he was working in concert with Wrangell property owner David Bach, who Ketchikan police believe “was engaged in a continuing cri...
Monday, Dec. 31 -Verbal warning for faulty equipment -Suspicious circumstance. -Parking complaint. -Verbal warning for faulty equipment. -Citations issued to Janetty Phelan, 42, for driving while license suspended/cancelled/revoked/ or limited and failure to provide proof of insurance, verbal warning for faulty headlight. Tuesday, Jan. 1 -Arrested Karl M. Altepter, 58, on charges of driving under the influence. -Verbal warning for faulty equipment. -Open container, verbal warning given. -Domestic/verbal. -Suspicious incident. -Citation issued...
Elections were held Jan. 3 for four open seats on the WCA Board of Directors. *Tim Gillen - 43 *Lovey Brock - 41 *Arthur Larsen - 37 *Ken Neish Hoyt - 28 James Stough - 25 Marge Byrd - 20 Myrna Torgramsen - 20 64 total ballots were counted, with 5 questioned ballots not counted....
To the Editor: Being relatively new to Wrangell, it has been my pleasure to begin to know and understand this portion of Alaska. However reflecting upon this great and new to me area I must ask, why is there a web site called Work Place Alaska, when no employer seems to use it? Several jobs that I have applied to stated this lack of usage to the point of ignoring it altogether. We finally have a school that is warming up food in it's own kitchen to serve our students, hurrah for them, is it more then just defrosting and opening cans? I ask...
James “Jimmy” Shirai, 75 died on December 7, 2012 at Alaska Native Medical Center from complications of a stroke suffered on November 30, 2012. He was born on June 1, 1939 in Ketchikan, Alaska to Harvey and Minnie Eshanclan Shirai. Jimmy was a Raven from the Kids.adi people of Wrangell. He went to Wrangell Institute as a young man and lived with his great-aunt and uncle, Alice and John Joseph. His adopted family were Jim and Edith Stevens and he loved his siblings, Harvey Shirai , (Audrey) and...
Seniors Tori Gulla and Kurt Dingwall were named the 2013 Wrangell High School Homecoming Court Queen and King on Saturday night. Not pictured: Junior King and Queen Luke Gunderson and Erica Smith, Sophomore King and Queen Cody Thomassen and Caroline Ward, and Freshman King and Queen Bryce Gerald and Taylor Bean....
Two sentences can sum up the Homecoming basketball weekend between the Lady Wolves and Petersburg’s Lady Vikings, which began last Friday night. Friday was a night of high drama. Saturday was a game of strenuous play. After tipoff, and for the first quarter of action on Friday, the Wrangell squad played decisively and with speed – racking up a 23-13 halftime lead off a show stopping performance by the duo of Kayla Rooney and Alyssa Allen. The pair put up a combined 13 points and shot better tha...
The Wolves basketball squad suffered a pair of losses last weekend to the Petersburg Vikings during Wrangell’s 2013 homecoming celebration – the latest in a string of defeats for the boys’ team and head coach Ray Stokes. After a low scoring first period on Friday night, when Wrangell trailed just 6-5, the Petersburg offense kicked into high gear in the second to take a 24-14 advantage – spurred mostly by the defensive play of Vikings Clayton Franklin and Jared Volk, and the big offense of Tris...
Fine weather, December-style meant that Wrangell Christmas Bird counters were able to cover much of our marine territory as well as offer good visibility from shore. This year’s count was held on December 29. Twenty-eight participants enumerated birds by foot, car, boat, and from the comfort of home. Because the water was calm, boat observers easily located the usual ducks – American wigeon, greater scaup, bufflehead, harlequin and common goldeneyes, as well as nearly 800 Barrow’s goldeneyes. Last year over 1900 Barrow’s goldeneyes were co...
The Alaska Board of Game is set to convene the Southeast Region meeting on Jan. 11-15, in Sitka at Harrigan Centennial Hall. The board will consider over 40 proposals regarding hunting and trapping regulations for the Southeast region as well as other topics. The meetings are open to the public and public testimony will be taken. The Department of Fish and Game, local fish and game advisory committees, and the general public seeking adjustments to hunting and trapping regulations in the Southeast region Game Management Units 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 h...
Prince William Sound topped all other Alaska regions for salmon catches last year – but not by much. Fishermen in the Sound squeaked by their colleagues in the Panhandle by just 44 fish to get the #1 ranking for the 2012 season. The tally: 34,390,000 salmon crossed the docks at PWS compared to 34,346,000 for Southeast. For the second year running, Southeast Alaska beat out Bristol Bay for the most valuable salmon catch. According to preliminary numbers from the state, Southeast landings totaled $153 million at the docks, compared to $121 millio...
JUNEAU – A divided Alaska Supreme Court on Friday, Dec. 28 ordered the state's redistricting plan to be redrawn for the 2014 elections. The high court earlier this year ordered the redistricting board to redraw the map, with greater deference to Alaska constitutional requirements. But the court ultimately decided to let an interim plan be used for this year's elections, after finding problems and concerns with the new map. The court's decision Friday finds that the board did not follow the process it was instructed to follow in redrawing the m...
Clyde Downs, former Wrangell resident, passed away on December 29 in Mountain Home, Ark. Cards may be sent to his wife Linda Downs, 612 Benton St., Mountain Home, Ark. 72653....
The debate about whether a travel lift bid from an Italian manufacturer will be accepted – over a higher bid from a North American company – is over, as the members of the Wrangell Port Commission voted on Thursday, Jan. 3 to accept the deal and purchase a new haul out unit for the Marine Service Center. Ascom S.p.A. a Modena, Italy-based firm, will provide the City and Borough of Wrangell with a 300-ton unit to replace the aging 150-ton Marine Travel Lift unit currently in use at the MSC. Prior to last week’s decision by the commission, some...
It’s official – the City and Borough of Wrangell has decided to purchase a 300-ton travel lift from Ascom S.p.A., an Italian manufacturer that recently won the bidding contest for the right to supply the Marine Service Center with its new haul out equipment. The decision to buy the new lift became official after the Borough Assembly approved the bid in a unanimous vote during their Jan. 8 regular meeting, which was their first of the New Year. Debate had initially raged about whether the Modena,...
What do you get when a senior level management official at Trident Seafoods and a former Governor of Alaska who lives in Wrangell put their combined skills, efforts and desires together? You get a brand new set of netting for the driving range at Muskeg Meadows Golf Course. The netting, which will be installed in the spring, replaces an aging net that has seen service since the opening day at the course in 2001. According to Joe Plesha, Trident’s chief legal officer in Seattle, former G...
