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Next week the Wrangell Assembly is scheduled to parse over its line items and budget figures for the coming fiscal year. Bound drafts were handed out to members at their Tuesday evening meeting, to digest before a pair of sessions set for May 1 and 2. As it stands now, the biggest change to come from the upcoming budget effective July 1 will be consolidation of maintenance and facilities services under a new capital facilities department. Separated from Public Works, the new department would also manage major projects and grant implementation....
A five-kilometer run will be held later next month to benefit participants in this year's Special Olympics. Special Olympics Alaska is a state chapter of the wider program that provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympian sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Its calendar centers around two main tournaments, the Winter Olympics in March and the Summer games in June. The organization also holds a fall tournament in September and a...
April 18, 1918 “Welcome to our city” were the words with which Wrangell people greeted Captain Baughman and General Manager Bush of the Humboldt Steamship company upon the arrival of the Humboldt in port Saturday morning. During the winter the Humboldt received a thorough overhauling in San Francisco. The people of Southeastern Alaska are very glad that the Humboldt is again on the northern run. April 23, 1943 Wrangell’s Civilian Defense Council will have a practice air raid to be held April 25. As your instruction card shows this signal will...
A directory aimed at assisting the community’s seniors has recently been put out by Hospice of Wrangell. Finished last month, the 2018 Wrangell Senior Resource Directory identifies various support services that could be of use to members of that demographic, running a full gamut of state, tribal, federal, municipal and private programming. The 32-page guide is exhaustive, covering subjects from emergency and safety to adult education, financial services, housing assistance, medical cost resources, nutritional aid, ecumenical counseling and l...
Monday, April 16 Citizen Assist. Found Passport: Returned to owner. Civil Issue: Forgery. Driving complaint: Officer made contact with driver warning given. Suspicious circumstance. Tuesday, April 17 Dance permit. Ambulance requested. Traffic stop: Verbal warning for driving habits. Traffic. Wednesday, April 18 Courtesy Transport. Suspicious Vehicle: Officer made contact with the driver. Animal Complaint. Agency assist: Welfare check. Dance permit requested. Health and Safety: Reported noxious fumes coming from stack and smells like plastic: Ve...
There's a new face behind the big desk at Wrangell Senior Center. Leeann Martin took over management at the local center on March 19, having previously worked IT for the school system. Originally from the Seattle area, Martin has lived and worked in Wrangell for five years. "It was mostly because I can use more of my skills in one place," she said of the recent transition. A certified nutritionist with a background in healthcare, Martin's duties at the center include handling its paperwork and...
Wrangell Public School District learned last week its secondary school principal, Bill Schwan, will be departing after the current academic year ends. His departure is the latest among the district’s top administrators. At Evergreen Elementary, school principal Gail Taylor tendered notice in January. She took off for Oklahoma earlier than expected, departing this week on Tuesday. Faculty member Therese Pempek will helm the school through the year’s end. After a search for Taylor’s replacement, the district announced it will be hiring Virgi...
Escaping Friday's evening rain, visitors to Groundswell munch on cheese and sausage, sip on wine and window shop during the Chamber of Commerce's first-ever Sip and Shop. Coupling with distributor K&L Wine, a selection of shops in the business district opened their doors to customers with appetizers and various beverages. Participants had the option to purchase a commemorative wine walk glass from the Chamber, with proceeds going to support the organization's upcoming events....
Kathaleen J. Maixner (Grover) passed away peacefully with her daughter by her side at Providence Medical Center in Anchorage on February 15, 2018 due to an acute illness. There will be an obituary and services to follow at a later date.... Full story
Be courteous to everyone and pick up your dog feces, especially on the sidewalks in town. Debrah Johnson...
Two commercial fisheries open each spring at Upper Cook Inlet that attract little notice and few participants, but each pays big bucks to fishermen. The first is a food and bait herring fishery that runs from April 20 through the end of May. The 150 ton catch quota is small compared to most of Alaska’s other herring fisheries, but the payout is far higher than all others. “They get $1.00 to $1.50 a pound, or $2,000 to $3,000 for a short ton, and the herring goes primarily into the halibut commercial bait fishery or the sport bait fis...
Wrangell was last week granted a special economic designation by the state along with 24 other Alaskan communities. The Department of Commerce, Community & Economic Development named the community as one of its new "opportunity zones," part of a federal program designed to drive long-term capital investment to economically distressed communities. According to the federal Treasury Department, Alaska has 60 low-income communities eligible for the designation. With the creation of the Opportunity...
The City and Borough Assembly met with a delegation of the state’s project leads and contractors associated with the former Byford yard cleanup. The purpose of the session was for the Department of Environmental Conservation to update the council about the ongoing project, the first phase of which had been completed in 2016. Sixty containers of the most heavily contaminated soil and debris – plus two containers of lead battery plates – were shipped off-island for disposal. Around 18,300 cubic...
