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The Borough Assembly revisited its policy on nepotism during Tuesday evening’s regular meeting, at the behest of a resident who had lost his new position because of it. Max Dalton took the lectern to make his case. He had last month begun work as a part-time custodian with the Parks Department. During the hiring process he had been one of several candidates for the post, and after interviews had been selected as the top candidate. Dalton is the son-in-law to Mayor David Jack, he explained, and is related by marriage to another city employee. D...
Late last week the Alaska Department of Fish and Game issued a group announcement regarding expected changes for sport fishermen in Southeast this year. In the Petersburg and Wrangell areas, the marine waters of District 8 are going to be closed to the retention of King Salmon between May 1 and July 15. An exception will be made for the area immediately adjacent to Petersburg’s City Creek, which will be open to King Salmon fishing from June 1 to July 31 to target 300 hatchery salmon expected to return to the area. The closure is being taken t...
February 14, 1918: The Metlakatla basketball team was unable to give Wrangell a return game. When H. J. Murchison, the manager, announced a return game in the Rink the night of the game here he made the proviso, “If we have any bones left after playing Juneau.” At Thane the game was very rough and four of the Metlakatla boys were knocked out although they defeated Thane 44 to 17. The next night the Metlakatla boys played the Hoover boys of Juneau using substitutes for the four boys who were knocked out. This game resulted in a score of 20 to...
January 26 Russell R. Stevens, 50, appeared before First District Court Magistrate Judge Chris Ellis on the charge of Reckless Endangerment, a Class A misdemeanor. The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge, with an additional count of Violate Conditions of Release dismissed by prosecution. Stevens was ordered to serve 120 days with 120 days suspended, and to pay $200 in surcharges with $100 suspended. He was placed on one year of probation. Duke W. Aitken, 25, appeared before First District Court Magistrate Chris Ellis on two misdemeanor...
Monday, January 29 Parking Complaint. Report of theft. Traffic Complaint. MVA: Report of a crosswalk sign that has been run over at the corner of St. Michael’s and Front Street. Tuesday, January 30 Paper Service. Agency Assist: Public Works. Wednesday, January 31 MVA: Hit and Run: Owner reported bumper broke while in town. MVA: Hit and Run: Person reported vehicle hit while in parking lot. MVA: Owner came into station to make a report. MVA: Agency Assist: Vehicle in ditch. Welfare check: Officer responded. MVA: Car in ditch. Noise Complaint. Th...
Tis the season to file for 2017’s income taxes, with the Internal Revenue Service starting to accept returns last week. The IRS plans to receive 155 million individual tax returns this year, with the filing deadline set for April 17. Usually falling on the 15th, this year that date is on a Sunday, and the holiday observance of Emancipation Day in Washington D.C. the following day pushes the deadline further out to April 17. For Wrangell taxpayers, a program sponsored by the American Association of Retired Persons Foundation will be offering f...
To the Editor: The Board of Fish was created to protect our salmon, not just some of them, but all of them. The Stikine River fish count is in the thousands, it is what B.O.F is calling a concern. This concern has turned into an emergency closure being very restrictive in management across fisheries. There are five streams south of the Stikine that have King Salmon returning that the B.O.F call stocks of concern. When you look at the number of fish that are returning to these five streams it is astounding. As of Monday afternoon 2-5-2018, the B...
Charles Richard Meissner was born in Seattle, Washington on October 17, 1936 to Adolf and Lois Meissner and was the youngest of seven children. He graduated from Queen Anne High School in 1955. Chuck and many of his friends were avid skiers and made many trips to the slopes around Seattle. As a high school student, Chuck helped bring a fishing boat to Wrangell which is when his love for Alaska began. He returned following graduation and began fishing with Alan McCay. Chuck spent a short time in...
The Stikine Middle School Wolves hosted its first wrestling tournament in three years over the weekend, with students from Ketchikan and Petersburg making the trip. While around 60 students in all participated, the tournament was intended to be even bigger. Due to icy roads on Prince of Wales Island and rough water conditions, the middle schools at Craig and Klawock had to cancel plans to attend. The tournament made up for their absence with additional competition, spanning from Thursday...
In a press release issued last Thursday the Alaska Department of Fish and Game reminded hunters the seasons for Sitka black-tailed deer are closed, and that they should by now be submitting harvest reports. In Wrangell’s Unit 3 remainder area, the season concluded November 30. On the mainland in Unit 1B just to its east, the season wrapped up December 31. Preliminary statistics for the sectors’ 2017 totals are as yet unavailable, but the year prior 1,193 hunters bagged 903 bucks or just over 0.75 per hunter. All hunters who obtained deer har...
Millennials are now the nation’s “peak spenders” and they are gravitating towards healthier eating which favors more seafood. “We see year over year that there is this cohort aged 35 to 54 that is going to be spending far more across categories, including food expenditures, than any others,” said Will Notini, consumer insights manager at Chicago-based Technomic, a leading market tracker for over 50 years.” The company has contracted with the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute to identify trends in seafood consumption and how best to position...
Wrangell appears to be closing in on a solution to its water filtration worries after a workshop held between the City and Borough Assembly, city staff and consultants on Monday. Since its construction in 1999 Wrangell's water treatment plant has had a number of problems with its production. The plant's operation involves ozonation of water sourced from two open reservoirs, which then passes through a roughing filter and four slow-sand filtration bays before disinfection. From the start the...