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The borough assembly voted 3-2 Tuesday in favor of amending a resolution serving as the primary motivation for ongoing negotiations between Petersburg and Wrangell. The original resolution, passed Dec. 10, 2013, directed borough manager Jeff Jabusch to enter into negotiations with Petersburg to switch the Tyee Electric project from Southeast Alaska Power Agency ownership and Thomas Bay Power Authority operation to SEAPA ownership and operation. Despite the vote in favor the motion failed because resolutions require four votes in favor in order... Full story
ct plans for the Wrangell Medical Center’s trauma center. According to the most recent figures provided by the Legislative Finance Division, the governor’s proposed budget would reduce a state contribution to the Alaska Trauma Care Fund from $1 million to nothing. The fund distributes money to hospitals which pursue and obtain various trauma designations as obtained by state statute. Designated Level IV facilities – which the Wrangell Medical Center is presently seeking through a combination of equipment purchases and personnel certi... Full story
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. March 19, 1914: Mr. Neil returned on the Humbolt from Seattle where he has been for the last month getting the plans and specifications for his boat to be used on the West Coast route. From the plans and prints brought back by Neil, this is going to be the best-equipped passenger and freight boat that has ever been on a mail route in Alaska. The new boat will replace the Uncle Dan, which has done such good service in the past years, but as the West Coast is growing and the Uncle Dan is getting too...
Two prominent local taverns will join the ranks of the smoke-free in the coming weeks. Totem Bar & Liquor Store will go smoke-free tomorrow, according to signs posted inside the bar over the weekend. Elks Lodge members also voted this week to go smoke-free, though Elks leadership has not yet set a date for the transition. Both bars follow in the footsteps of Rayme’s Bar, which went smoke-free in January. The bar owner cited changing demographics among his clientele as the primary reason for the change. The moves by the Elks and the Totem leave... Full story
Monday, March 3 Person reported lost items. Person reported losing a phone. Officer responded to a parking complaint. Vehicle was moved. Officer unlocked two vehicles. Tuesday, March 4 Person reported a theft. Fire department requested and dispatched. Officer responded to a suspicious circumstance. Wednesday, March 5 Harassment reported. Report of MVA. Verbal warning for no headlights on. Arrested: James Michael Howe, 41, on charges of Assault III/DV and Interfering with report of DV. Thursday, March 6 Found Dog – Returned to owner. D...
Hailey Grace Gablehouse was born on December 18, 2013 at Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau. She weighed 6 lbs 9 oz and was 20 inches long. Parents are Graham Gablehouse and Jeanie Arnold. Grandparents are David and Brenda Mork of Wrangell and Chip and Teri Arnold of Seward, Alaska....
The past couple of weeks we have had alternating views of what is happening in Washington DC – House leadership spent time with Senator Murkowski. She spoke of one of the primary issues we continue to fight as a state – federal over-reach on our lands, waters and resources. She is also working very hard to ensure Alaska is represented in all Arctic discussions. Senator Begich was also here this past week and provided his outlook on education, taxes and health issues. Several legislators headed back to Washington DC this past week to attend Ene...
The members of the Wrangell Economic Development Committee know they’re entitled to about 800 acres of land. The next trick will be figuring out which land to select. Discussion at the committee’s March 6 meeting focused around the land issue in general, a holdover issue stemming from the borough’s 2008 incorporation. The land is part of the borough allotment, originally set at about 200 acres, but increased to 800 acres after lobbying at the state legislature, said Economic Development Officer Carol Rushmore. Any land the borough doesn...
The Wrangell parks and recreation advisory board discussed but took no vote on a draft of an ordinance aimed to prevent logging in city parks. The ordinance has been in the works since police reported that at least two trees had been cut down for Christmas trees in December. Parks manager Amber Al-Haddad presented committee members with templates cribbed in part from similar ordinances on the Internet, though logging in public parks isn’t a particularly widespread public dilemma, she said. “What I found from cities around the nation is that par...
The Wrangell High School boys' varsity basketball team went out of the Region V 2A tournament on straight losses March 5 and 6. The Wolves dropped the opener to the Craig Panthers 49-26 March 5. Thursday's 53-49 loss to the Haines Glacier Bears was much closer, with the teams trading the lead late into the fourth quarter. Craig put on a relatively even effort, with no one player standing head and shoulders above the rest, said Coach Ray Stokes. "On their part, they just had a whole bunch of...
Wrangellites hoping to take advantage of the Southeast Regional Health Consortium’s services will no longer have to make two separate trips. SEARHC’s prevention and referral offices have been combined into a single office located in the Stikine Native Organizations building along Front Street. The SEARHC Traditional Foods Program and Referral Care had been located in separate office spaces. Officials with the Consortium celebrated the consolidation with an open house at the new offices March 4. The event drew about 30 people, officials sai...
Last Wednesday marked the start of Lent, a time of fasting, soul searching and repentance for hundreds of millions of Christians around the world. And what the burst in the holiday sales season from Thanksgiving to Christmas means to retailers, Lent means the same to the seafood industry. The 40-day Lenten season, which this year runs from March 5th to Easter Sunday on April 20th, dates back to the 4th century, and it has been customary to forego meat ever since. While nearly all seafood enjoys a surge of interest during Lent, the most...
Sentinel writer A highly contagious and potentially fatal canine virus has been reported in Wrangell. Two cases of Parvovirus, symptoms of which include lethargy, severe vomiting, loss of appetite and bloody diarrhea, have been reported in Wrangell, said Judge Conniff, a local vet. “I had two cases, both of them doing very well, both of them discharged,” he said. Several dog deaths earlier in the year could be tied to this outbreak, but there’s no way to know for sure, Conniff said. “No way to know the answer to that question for sure,...
The Lady Wolves season ended with two losses March 5 and 6 in Juneau. They dropped their Region V opener to Craig 38-26, then lost their Friday match-up against Haines by two points. Craig's Marie Yates contributed to the March 5 loss. The Lady Wolves struggled to find a defensive solution to an athletic and competitive player, said head coach Edna Abella-Nore. "We literally just got out-rebounded by (Yates)," she said. "She's got some vertical leap. No matter how much my kids would box out, the...
A Juneau designer presented three draft options on Monday for a potential layout to the Mariner's Memorial at a public workshop. An octagonal lighthouse pavilion is part of each design, but could be located toward the envisioned entryway for the memorial, at the memorial's midpoint, or at the end. All three drafts used landscaped vegetation to screen the memorial from the noise and bustle of nearby Heritage Harbor and the boat ramp, to create a solemn ceremonial air with a strong connection to n...
