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With a lot to learn about the state’s new marijuana regulations, residents met at the Nolan Center on Tuesday to hear what some of these entail from Cynthia Franklin, director of the Alcohol & Marijuana Control Office (AMCO). Because of a travel freeze at the state level, the city covered the costs for Franklin to come down. “I figured it would be good to have the person who knows the most to come down and explain it,” explained City Clerk Kim Lane, who invited her. Wrangell’s council had not formally formed a committee to approach the new leg...
Members of Wrangell Cooperative Association and the wider community were invited out to an informational workshop Tuesday night, introducing them to the Tribe's latest program. Alongside its Transportation and IGAP (see article inside) offices, the Subsistence Fisheries Management Program intends to improve quality of life and opportunity for tribal members, in this case through salmon restoration in traditional watersheds. Brian Ashton was invited by WCA to head the new program, which at the...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. February 24, 1916: The first of the season’s operators to go up the river is A. Godfrey of Vancouver, who is working three claims at the headwaters of McDames Creek in the Cassiar. Mr. Godfrey last year purchased the Rossela hydraulic plant and his winter men are moving it to his claims. Four men are going in with Mr. Godfrey and will work for him this season who with the men there now will make a crew of nine men. The men have a long trip ahead of them which means some three hundred miles of m...
The environmental arm of Wrangell Cooperative Association wants to know which issues with wood fire heating have been getting residents hot under the collar. Its Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (IGAP) office held an open house discussion Tuesday to identify and discuss challenges related to household heating. “Essentially the goal is to gather information from people who burn wood,” summarized Chris Hatton, IGAP coordinator for Wrangell. Items she looked for include costs, efficiency, whether a household has dependable access to...
Monday, February 22 Traffic Complaint – Verbal warning for driving habits. Tuesday, February 23 Identity Theft. Threats reported. Wednesday, February 24 Possible PTRP. Dog at Large. UTL. Thursday, February 25 Aggressive dog complaint. Traffic Stop – Verbal warning for faulty equipment. Friday, February 26 Disturbance. Hazardous Play. Saturday, February 27 Citation issued to Stephen Lee McHolland, 26, for no proof of insurance and verbal warning for equipment. Sunday, February 28 Concerned Citizen. There were two ambulance calls and one dog com...
The budget cuts aren’t easy this year. The easy cuts were done last year. Now, the Alaska Legislature’s job is to spread the pain and ensure everyone shoulders the burden of budget cuts equally. With the state facing an annual deficit of $3.7 billion a figure rising every day oil is below $56 per barrel there’s no other option. Even with higher taxes on Alaskans and spending earnings from the Permanent Fund, the state’s budget still must be cut to break even. We understand the difficulty of the job facing lawmakers, but we feel obliged to spea...
Ronald D McIrvin, 79, of Wrangell, Alaska, passed away on February 26, 2016 in Wenatchee, Wash. succumbing to colon cancer while attended by his family. Ron was born on August 21, 1936 in Yakima, Wash. but grew up in Vancouver, Wash., and graduated from Vancouver High School in 1954. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Washington in 1958 and the following year started a nearly twenty year career with the Boeing Company in Renton, Wash., working in...
Continuing the next step in its development of the former Wrangell Institute property, the city brought up the master plan design team for a series of town meetings this week. Originally built by the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1932 as a boarding school, by 1978 the site was only intermittently used. The property was transferred to the City of Wrangell in 1995. The majority of the 134-acre property is undeveloped, forested wetlands, with potential for future residential use. The Borough Assembly...
At the height of the weekend’s Tent City Days celebrations, local skaters were able to lace up for Hope Community Church of God’s roller rink reopening on Saturday evening. Around 68 kids and parents attended, a number of whom donned glow-in-the-dark face paint and light-up accessories. The church last summer undertook some drainage repairs and replaced the rink’s rooftop with metal paneling, a $20,000 project. Built as an addition in the early 1980s, the building’s tarpaper shingles and rooftop framework were in need of an update. Wrangel...
Wrangell's high school girls won both games against Craig over the weekend, following up after a close win against Haines the previous week. Playing at home Feb. 26, the Lady Wolves overtook the visitors early in the second quarter, keeping ahead in a close game until the finish. Wrangell won their match 39 to 33, led by scorer Helen Decker with 13 points. The girls put down seven of 10 free throw attempts during the second quarter, giving them the edge they needed to win the game. Amy Jenson le...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan said Monday that Alaska is an area of strategic importance to the country, given its foothold in the Arctic and production of oil, seafood and other resources. In an address to state lawmakers, he spoke about the state’s role in improving its own fiscal standing and that of the United States. He also highlighted several issues facing Alaska, including long-standing problems with domestic violence and sexual abuse, a veterans’ health care system that he said is not working and rising number of opioi...
SITKA, Alaska (AP) – A bear rescue operation in Sitka is planning to expand its facilities to accommodate an increasing number of visitors. The Fortress of the Bear, run by Evy and Les Kinnear, has grown to become a popular tourist attraction in recent years. The couple is looking to purchase the property at the Gary Paxton Industrial Park that it leases to expand its bear rescue operations and add new facilities and programs, The Sitka Sentinel reports. A priority for the Kinnears is adding more space for visitors to view the animals. The o...
ANCHORAGE (AP) — It will be Wednesday on the East Coast before the last prize of Super Tuesday is doled out. Alaska Republicans will go the polls Tuesday to decide how the state’s 28 delegates should be divvied up among the five GOP presidential candidates. LATE POLL CLOSE GOP voters will cast their ballots between 3 and 8 p.m., meaning with the time difference, polls close at midnight Eastern Standard Time. Ballots will be cast at locations across the state: churches, American Legion or fisherman’s halls, libraries, the weather station in th...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – Legislators this week have reached the half-way point of the scheduled 90-day session, with the House working toward finalizing its version of the state operating budget and a Senate committee working on a measure geared toward curbing and containing state Medicaid costs. Bill that would keep Planned Parenthood from providing sex education in schools and restrict how the Board of Regents regulates concealed handguns on university campuses have garnered recent attention. But the Senate remains on schedule with its review o...