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Oral arguments over Dr. Greg Salard’s administrative appeal of his denial of privileges at Wrangell Medical Center have been put aside after First District Judge Kevin Miller dismissed his appeal – a move that will allow the WMC Board of Trustees to act on his request to work again at the hospital. On Feb. 14 Judge Miller ordered that Salard’s administrative appeal be dismissed without prejudice, a move that would allow him to refile another appeal if he is not credentialed by the board. In his written decision, Miller laid out some backg...
An analysis of the financial status of the Southeast Alaska Power Agency by Alaska Power & Telephone is estimating what the member utilities it serves are valued at – and makes a conclusion that the member municipalities of Wrangell, Petersburg and Ketchikan should take over ownership of the Tyee Lake and Swan Lake power plants. The analysis, which was performed in-house by AP&T CEO Robert Grimm, states that SEAPA currently holds $16 million in total debt, with a liquidation debt of $15 million – the amount the communities would have to pay...
A 14 year old male was taken into custody Saturday evening in connection with the death of Mackenzie Howard. The body of 13 year old Howard was found in the entrance of the Kake Presbyterian Memorial Church Feb. 5 by a community member and has been declared a homicide by Alaska State Troopers. Investigation of evidence and interviews led troopers to arrest the Kake teen. He has been transported to a Department of Juvenile Justice holding facility in Ketchikan and due to the age of the suspect his name and charges that are pending against him...
Wrangell seniors Briana Schilling and Aria Lachappelle joined forces for their senior project by teaching a group of Stikine Middle School students how to perform the cheer used during the Wrangell Fight Song. The combined group of Stikine students and the WHS cheer team performed the dance during the Lady Wolves final home game on Saturday. Front row: Cori Johnson, Ashley Allen, Hannah Meithe; Middle row: Anna Allen, Helen Decker, Tara Stutz; Top row: Coaches Briana Schilling and Aria...
The Lady Wolves ended their 2012-13 home court run last weekend as they split a pair of games with the visiting Craig Lady Panthers. The Friday night game was victorious for Wrangell as they took away a win in their 33-31 victory – and saw a game where the six-member Craig team got into foul trouble, leaving the door wide open for the Lady Wolves. “Basically, they got into foul territory and only had one other girl to put in the game,” said head coach Dane Vincent. “With that player’s lack of e...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. February 27, 1913: Tuesday next, the 4th of March, will be an historic day for Alaska as well as the Democratic Party, for in addition to the inauguration in Washington of the first Democratic President in 16 years, the very first Alaskan legislature will convene formally at Juneau, the capital of the newly formed territory farthest north. For more than a week, the newly elected and many of them uninitiated solons have been arriving by boats from the outlying district. The trails are many and...
Longtime Evergreen Elementary Principal Therese Ashton submitted a letter of resignation to the Wrangell Public School Board on Monday, Feb. 18, opening the way for a change in leadership at the school for the first time in more than a decade. Ashton’s tenure as principal and head teacher at Evergreen will end at the completion of this school year – and she is set to take on the position of superintendent at the Tanana City School District near Fairbanks. She will take the place of current super...
Monday Feb 11 -Citation issued to Britany Lindley, age 23, for Failure to Provide Proof of Insurance and verbal warning for faulty equipment. Tuesday Feb 12 -Parking Complaint: Vehicle moved from Episcopal Street. -Criminal Mischief. Wednesday Feb 13 -Officer responded to domestic dispute. -Person requested welfare check. -Officer responded to a driving complaint UTL. Thursday Feb 14 -Citation issued to Aundria Cummings age 24 for No Proof of Insurance. -Agency assist: line department. -Report of deer carcass in dumpster. -Agency Assist Wrangel...
Saturday, February 16 At 2334 hours on Feb. 5, Alaska State Troopers received report of a possible homicide in Kake, Alaska. The body of a young girl was discovered in an arctic entryway at the Presbyterian Memorial Church. The girl was identified as Mackenzie Howard, 13 years of age, of Kake. Alaska State Troopers, investigators with the Alaska Bureau of Investigation as well as evidence technicians with the State of Alaska Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory responded to Kake to investigate the death. Upon initial scene assessment by...
Hello again from Juneau. We have completed the first thirty days of this session. We have all dug in and are working very hard. With significantly lower projections for oil prices and production, our state is confronting its first budget deficit in many years, and the need to constrain spending is very clear. There is a growing sense of urgency at the legislature this session, and we will face one tough decision after another as we build and review the budgets for the coming fiscal year and beyond. Many worthy programs and projects across the s...
Pok Sun (Sue) Fields passed away February 8, 2013 at the Wrangell Medical Center Long Term Care Facility. Sue was born in Korea in 1942 to Father, Chan Ho Choe and Mother, Su Kyo Kim-Choe. Both her parents were killed in the Korean War and Sue at 8 years old was raised by her sister. She met Ron Jones a U.S. soldier and married him when she was 25 years old. They spent some time in Germany when Ron was stationed there. Living in the U.S. Ron was a truck driver; Sue would accompany him doing...
Father Thomas Weise of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church applies ashes to member David Schwehr during the 7 a.m. Ash Wednesday service last week. Forty days of Lent began on Wednesday, Feb. 13 and is a time when faithful Christians adhere to fasting or giving up other forms of luxury....
A blistering performance by Wolves senior captain Ryan Reeves was the highlight of last weekend’s trip to Craig for the Wrangell squad – and saw a heartbreaking loss in a game where Reeves scored in the double digits and more. Reeves’ performance was on fire on Sunday night when he scored 21 points for the Wolves off six buckets, a pair of three-pointers, and going 3-for-5 from the line. The performance put forth by Reeves and company was so convincing that Wrangell led the Panthers at the end of the first and third periods. The Panthers won th...
Community and utility leaders from Petersburg, Wrangell, Juneau, Angoon and Ketchikan gathered last week to discuss energy resources in a round table forum. The common denominator for most of these leaders was a way to reduce the need for diesel power or get off of this expensive power altogether. Southeast Conference Energy Coordinator Robert Venables facilitated this event and laid out several key findings from the Southeast Alaska Integrated Resource Plan that he thought necessary for consideration. “The current situation facing the Southeas...
Now that you have been appointed Mayor, how will you accomplish some of the goals you set out, such as building the new hospital? By encouraging the Medical Center Board and the Assembly to work together to find the best way to complete the project. What do you see in the future for the Marine Service Center? Will your administration seek additional property where the Borough can expand its operations? I believe the Marine Service Center is a bright spot in the community. I see it as being a...
In a word, the outlook for Alaska salmon markets this year is favorable. That’s the conclusion of Gunnar Knapp, fisheries economist at the University of Alaska/Anchorage in an overview of world markets to Alaska legislators. Knapp cited three key factors for the short term outlook: lower sockeye harvests, strong canned salmon markets with low inventories, and strengthening prices for farmed salmon. Lower harvests can boost prices, and Alaska wild salmon tends to follow the price trend for farmed...
Former Borough Clerk Christie Jamieson may have retired from her position with the City and Borough of Wrangell last year, but she isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. Jamieson, who sat atop the Borough’s organizational chart starting in 1997, said her new passion – and career move – involves gracing the halls of the Alaska State Legislature in Juneau as an aide to Senator Bert Stedman. Stedman, who was re-elected last year to the newly formed District Q took on Jamieson to assist with co...
