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The City and Borough Assembly was able to put its concerns to bed regarding a proposed mooring facility and breakwater. At the April 12 meeting assembly members had opted to postpone their decision on a request by prospective recreational outfit Big Bites Fishing to construct a 580-foot breakwater from a 6-mile property adjacent to the Silver Bay Logging Company mill site. At the time, Assembly members were uncertain whether to lend approval to the plan, which is currently being reviewed by the Army Corps of Engineers for site approval. There...
Wrangell's tribal environmental office has joined step with others in the region in tracking the spread of harmful algal blooms. Wrangell Cooperative Association's Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (IGAP) office began collecting water samples from Shoemaker Bay Harbor on Sunday as part of a three-day training headed up by the Sitka Tribe of Alaska (STA). Sitka has spearheaded a regional testing program, working through the Southeast Alaska Tribal Toxins network to establish the reg...
It was a full ballroom in the Nolan Center Friday for the Wrangell Chamber of Commerce's 26th Annual Fundraising Dinner. The theme for this year was "Good as Gold," highlighting the partnership the Chamber has with its community members. "It just stuck in my mind that Wrangell really needs to be proud of itself," explained Tracy Churchill, who had chaired the evening's planning committee. Despite its economic downturn following the closure of its mills, she said the community had made some wise...
In the Sentinel 75, 50 and 25 years ago. May 2, 1941: With Mrs. Ted Sterling, wife of Capt. Sterling, breaking the traditional bottle of champagne over her bow as she slid gracefully down the ways, the new Hazel B No. 1 of the Barrington Transportation Company was launched yesterday afternoon at the Anderson Shipyard. The fifth riverboat Capt. S.C. Barrington has built in his many years in the north from the Yukon to the Stikine, the new No. 1 brings the Barrington fleet to three vessels and a new barge just completed, for traffic on the river...
Friday, April 15 William R. Nakamura, 35, appeared before First Judicial District Magistrate Judge Chris Ellis to face two charges of Violate Condition of Release and one count of Criminal Mischief – Property Damage $250-$749. The defendant pleaded guilty to the charges, and was sentenced to serve 60 days at Wrangell Jail with credit for time served, make restitution for damages and pay $200 in surcharges. Two orders to modify or revoke probation were also handed down, and with the term of Nakamura's probation extended by 79 days to Sept. 2...
Power went down across three Southeast communities Tuesday morning, after a downed tree cut lines in Ketchikan. “Evidently there was some wind or storm action,” said Clay Hammer, superintendent of Wrangell Municipal Light and Power. Three sections of transmission line were taken down in the Ward Cove area just before 7 a.m., and with them the entire connection between the three primary communities serviced by the Southeast Alaska Power Agency. The two Swan Lake units went down as a result of the disruption, as did the feed from Tyee Lake, which...
Monday, April 18 Nothing to report. Tuesday, April 19 Illegal parking – warning given. Wednesday, April 20 Parking Complaint. Possible Fight. Agency Assist – Trooper. Thursday, April 21 Nothing to report. Friday, April 22 Agency Assist. Saturday, April 23 Agency Assist. Sunday, April 24 Disturbance. Agency Assist: Oil spill. Found Property. Citizen Assist: Unlock vehicle. There were three dog complaints and one ambulance call during this week....
Work to clean up the former Byford junkyard site has proven to be a larger task than first thought. Though the contaminated property is owned by the City and Borough of Wrangell, remediation is being undertaken by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation and Environmental Protection Agency Region 10. In the latest status update, released April 22, contractors NRC Alaska and NORTECH reported their crews had unexpectedly encountered a new battery cache buried on the property. Workers at the site have since characterized the junk yard...
Alaskans are the beneficiaries of the state’s investment. Our constitution requires the State of Alaska to manage our resources to the maximum benefit of the people. Government’s fiduciary duty to its citizens is to make prudent investments and establish a sustainable budget. The State of Alaska must make responsible and wise business decisions, as we are an owner state. The current oil and gas tax credit system, with its many layered and net operating loss credits, does not do that. Alaska receives essentially no income from the dev...
To the Editor: Dear Wrangell, I don't know where to start. And I'm at a loss for words at the celebration of Dave's life. He would never in his wildest dreams foreseen the respect he had. All the care and comfort everyone gave to my family and me will always be cherished memories. I cannot name names because it is all of you. However I must mention Pastor Haggard for all the time he spent with us and the marvelous service. And Jordan - Dave is up there giving you a big thumbs up for your fly by. Remember what I told you and always fly safely....
Wrangell’s Public School Board approved a second draft of its Fiscal Year 2017 budget during a special session Tuesday evening. Several sizable changes were made to both its expenditures and revenues, reflecting previously unacknowledged items. Driving the change was a reduction of $53,871 to the district’s Foundation Support revenues, due to expiry of Wrangell’s “Hold Harmless” provision with the state. Hold Harmless addresses declines in a district’s size-adjusted ADM, temporarily increasing it where a district has lost five or more percen...
Cuts affecting Alaska’s fisheries will be spread across all regions and species, depending on the final budget that is approved by state legislators. As it stands now, the total commercial fisheries budget for FY 2017 from all state and federal funding sources is about $64 million, a drop of $10 million over two years. “With cuts of that magnitude, everything is on the table,” said Scott Kelley, director of the Commercial Fisheries Division at the Dept. of Fish and Game. Last year 109 fishery projects were axed, and another 65 are on the cut l...
Marine boat anglers returning to ports where and when on-site ADF&G creel surveys are conducted will be prohibited from filleting, mutilating, and de-heading sport caught lingcod, nonpelagic rockfish, and king and coho salmon at-sea. Marine boat anglers returning to any port on the road system of the communities listed below, during the times designated, may not fillet, mutilate, or de-head these fish until the fish have been brought to shore and offloaded, unless the fish have been consumed or preserved on board: Petersburg: 12:01 a.m....