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At a public presentation at the Nolan Center on Monday, staff with the Department of Environmental Conservation and its contractors updated Wrangell on the status of a proposed monofill site on the island. A designated monofill to house around 18,500 cubic yards of contaminated earth from the former Byford junkyard is planned to be sited at a state-owned rock pit. Accessible by Forest Service roads along Pats Creek, the project’s nearness to the popular fishing stream has been a point of c...
Crowned this year's queen and king, Helen Decker and Riley Blatchley receive court at Wrangell High School's prom, held Saturday evening at the Nolan Center. The Class of 2018 will be graduating 17 seniors this year....
In a draft plan outlining action on borough-wide nuisance abatement, Wrangell manager Lisa Von Bargen advised a cautious approach to the City and Borough Assembly. Since last September assembly members have had tidying up the stacked junk and discarded vehicles around the island in their sights. Municipal ordinance proscribes such eyesores, whether on public lands or private property, and enforcement was something members wanted to see done. Meanwhile, letters were issued to around 20 residents who were out of compliance, while the city waste...
May 16,1918 All things come to him who waits but all things come a little faster to him who hustles while he waits. Wrangell has been waiting for a road to the cemetery for about fifty years, but her time of waiting and hustling has passed and the road is actually about to materialize. Stewart Woods arrived from Juneau Tuesday to take charge of the work. He was accompanied by Charles Deining and Andrew Menikel. They brought a team of horses, two wagons and all necessary tools. A camp has been established at the head of the bay and work will...
Wrangell's water situation seems stable heading into the summer, with both reservoirs "overflowing" according to the latest update from Public Works. A combination of factors led to the enforcement of conservation measures through the month of March, including low precipitation, a lengthy winter and high demand. During the winter, demand by the first week of February had spiked to 1,151,000 gallons per day, which for the previous year was second only to a summertime high the first week of July,...
Monday, April 30 Harassment. Violation DVO. Civil issue. Summons service. 20- Day ex parte protective order. Summons service. Tuesday, May 1 Abandoned vehicle. Citizen assist. Toxic smell. Agency assist: Alarm. Wednesday, May 2 Traffic: Disabled vehicle. Thursday, May 3 Agency assist: Middle school. Summons service: Three services provided. Report of theft. Friday, May 4 Suspicious circumstance. Citations issued: Justin Dean Herr Barker, 32: Operating vehicle with expired registration and failure to provide proof of insurance. Violation conditi...
Carol Alice Feller-Brady, Koodeilgé, 91, passed away surrounded by those she loved in Juneau on May 2, 2018. She was born on Jan. 1, 1927, the youngest of twelve, born to Elizabeth Kadashan of Wrangell Naanya.ayíi,who was the first ANS Grand Camp President and Raymond James Sr. of the Sitka Kiks'.adí. Her grandfather was Chief Kadashan of the Wrangell Kasqwa.kweidi and her grandmother was the sister of Chief Shakes VI. As a child, she lived in Sitka. By the age of twelve both of her parents, as...
Michael Dwayne Kagee, 60, of San Tan Valley, Arizona, passed away unexpectedly on May 2, 2018. He was born on December 22, 1957 in Lebanon, Oregon. He recently moved to the San Tan Valley, but lived most of his life in Alaska. He was an avid outdoorsman, who enjoyed hunting, fishing, spending time with his family and beloved boxers. He was a loving husband, a father and son, a devoted family man as well as an United States Navy Veteran. He served ten years in the military, four years stationed o...
Agapia "Terri" Kozeroff, 79, of Wrangell, Alaska, passed away on March 15, 2018 at Wrangell Medical Center. Terri was born May 1, 1938 on St. Paul Island, Alaska to Valentina and Gregory Kozeroff. She was the oldest of 12 children. She moved with her family to Wrangell in the late 1940s. While living in San Francisco, she met Charles Fortenberry. They were married and moved back to Alaska. They had a son, Ernie, and a daughter, Donna. She returned to Wrangell in 1978 where she spent the rest of...
Wrangell’s search-and-rescue (SAR) dog program will be holding its second wine-tasting fundraiser on Friday. A component of Wrangell Volunteer Fire Department, SAR dogs are primarily used to assist in searches for missing persons, whether becoming lost while in the wilderness or following a disaster. Dog handler Steve Prysunka explained the dogs are trained both to search for living subjects and to detect for human remains. The latest iteration of the program has been up and operating since 2014, supporting various emergency responses since. S...
Taking the opportunity to rinse off after a muddy game of football at the track, Brian Schwartz takes a leap from the top of city dock during Senior Skip Day on Monday. Classmates River Guggenbickler and Ian Jenson look on as they await their turn, while most of the rest of the Class of 2018 take their dip from the summer float below. This month 17 students will be graduating....
To the Editor: Donating a kidney to someone in need is simple… and yet complicated. The simple part is that we are each born with two kidneys, but can live long and healthy lives with only one. When someone’s kidneys fail, the gift of a healthy third kidney gives them the boost they need to avoid dialysis and resume an active life. Why not share? When a friend went on the kidney transplant wait list at Swedish Hospital in Seattle, I applied to be a living kidney donor for her. I had a telephone interview in November and lab tests at Wrangell Me...
Commercial fishing remains one of the most dangerous jobs in the nation, with a fatality rate that is 23 times higher than for all other workers. Vessel sinkings account for half of all fishing fatalities; second is falling overboard - deaths that are largely preventable. From 2000 through 2016, 204 U.S. fishermen died after falling overboard, according to a just released study called Fatal Falls Overboard in Commercial Fishing by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Nearly 60 percent of the falls were not...
As the city tries to contend with junk vehicles and collected waste (see Assembly story), other efforts to clean up Wrangell’s act have been underway. In April annual community-wide cleanup of parks and roadsides were undertaken by volunteers for Wrangell Pride, while running group Southeast Beasts encouraged people to collect and dispose of litter throughout the month while footing about the island. Some problems are greater than just the odd can or bottle. Surrounded by wilderness, out of convenience or simple habit some residents have t...
A regional nonprofit will be conducting a survey of Wrangell’s watersheds this summer in an attempt to encourage wetlands conservation. Angie Flickinger is the Wrangell area coordinator for Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition, a regional consortium of community organizations interested in managing watersheds and resources. What the group would like to do is inspect streams, culverts and other aquatic habitats and identify opportunities for their improvement or restoration. Under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, wetlands and watersheds a...