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Sentinel writer The first boat to come out of the water was named for the patron saint of lost causes. The new $1.3-million giant red boat lift pulled the Ketchikan-ported fishing tender St. Jude out of the water Saturday. Estimates of the 100-foot by 24-foot boat's weight range between 121 tons and 189 tons. The lower end of that range would have put the boat within the lifting capacity of the other machine, however, a weight reading of 198 tons meant harbor officials put the ASCOM lift in play...
Teachers and school board members gathered at the Elks Lodge May 22 to honor four retiring teachers, an administrator, and a middle school secretary. While the retirement banquet punctuates the end of an accumulated century of teaching experience, many of the schools personnel honored, like 30-year veteran teacher Dan Roope, said reality hadn't yet – and wouldn't yet – set in. "It doesn't seem real right now," he said. "One of the nice things about teaching is that you get to go to some oth...
Monday, May 19 Animal Complaint. Injured Dog. Traffic Stop— Jesse Oglend, 25, cited for failure to carry and show proof of insurance. Traffic Stop— Driver warned about driving habits. Tuesday, May 20 Bear Sighting. Driving Complaint. Agency Assist. Citizen Assist. MVA. Traffic Stop— No lights on boat trailer. Wednesday, May 21 Agency Assist— Officer standby. Agency Assist— Juvenile on the run. Report of harassment. Thursday, May 22 Vehicle Alarm going off. Officer responded to possible assault. Lost bracelet reported. Friday, May 23 Driving C...
The perennial Brian Gilbert Memorial Golf Tournament and accompanying auction took in $49,000 over the weekend. The tournament and awards banquet held Friday and Saturday, is the Wrangell Medical Center Foundation's largest single annual fundraiser. That amount doesn't include expenses, according to Kris Reed, who tracks the fundraiser's figures. Of money raised, 28 sponsors pledged $25,825, or more than half. While the number of sponsors was the largest number ever, their contributions missed b...
Authorities charged Chloe “Coco” Massin in connection with a February vehicle-pedestrian collision that landed a Wrangell man in the hospital, according to court documents. Massin, 55, of Wrangell, faces one count of assault in the first degree, leaving the scene of an accident without assisting the injured, driving under the influence, failing to provide immediate notice of an accident, and failure to carry proof of auto insurance. Massin pled not guilty to all charges April 23 before Judge Trevor Stevens, according to court documents. Acc...
According to news reports, a Tlingit hat sold for $365,000 on the auction block at Sotheby’s of New York May 21. The hat’s sale had been opposed by local Alaskan Natives and board members of the SEALAKSA corporation on the grounds that as a sacred at.óow object, it never should have left possession of the Wrangell Kiks.áadi clan in the first place. The hat was in the style of an Aleut hunting cap with Tlingit embossments and accents and was carved by master carver Wiliam Ukas, who carved the basis for the post office totem pole. An onlin...
How much land does a borough need? The answer may be a surprisingly large number. Wrangell is in the process of selecting 849 additional acres of land from a bevvy of local sites on Wrangell island, other nearby islands, and the mainland to complete a special issuance of 9,006 acres issued by the state legislature, according to Economic Development Officer Carol Rushmore. The borough had originally requested approximately 18,000 acres on legislative appeal after borough officials deemed the original selection amount inadequate, Rushmore said....
A shortage of workers willing to take on part time jobs has temporarily slowed plans for a spring cemetery cleanup. Officials had planned the cleanup in response to public criticism about the condition and size of graves, as well as standing borough ordinances preventing grave adornment outside of certain standards. However, city officials soon discovered how difficult it was to find the regular complement of two seasonal workers, much less the one or two additional workers officials had planned, according to borough manager Jeff Jabusch. The...
Salmon season is just getting underway, but seafood companies are still selling last summer’s record catch of 226 million pink salmon - and it has prompted lots of creative thinking. “The challenge is to market all this fish and still maintain the value,” said Tyson Fick, communications director for the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI), the state’s lone marketing arm. “It wouldn’t be any problem for the producers just to flood the market, and then we would see a tremendous downward pressure in years to come. More so, we see this as...
ANCHORAGE (AP) — A wildfire chewing through the forest in an Alaskan wildlife refuge has expanded in size, prompting authorities to order the evacuation of 1,000 structures, officials said. The massive fire in Alaska's Kenai Peninsula covered nearly 243 square miles (629 square kilometers) and was 30 percent contained, according to a posting Sunday night on the Alaska Interagency Incident Management Team's Facebook page. It was burning in the 1.9 million-acre (770,000 hectares) Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. The number of people told to f...
If you've ever looked in the mirror and idly thought you could be a star, this summer will give you an opportunity to put your money where your mouth is. Haley Reed, studying screenwriting at the University of Loyola-Marymount in Los Angeles, will use Wrangellites and Wrangell for the characters and setting of a short film shooting this summer. Prospective Clooneys or Blanchetts will need to commit to a four-day shooting schedule in late July, with between four and six hours spent on set each da...
ANCHORAGE (AP) — A wildfire in Alaska's Kenai Peninsula has grown to cover more than 193 square miles, but was only 20 percent contained as of Sunday morning, fire officials said. The Funny River Fire threatens about 150 cabins, vacation homes and year-round residences in three communities. Authorities have told people in those areas to be ready to leave but had not issued an evacuation order. The Funny River Fire burning in the 1.9-million-acre Kenai National Wildlife Refuge grew by about 42 square miles on Saturday. The size of the fire is n...
In the coming months, members of the hospital board’s building committee will start a push to update city officials and the public in detail about plans for a new hospital. The medical center’s nine-person building committee has spent the last several months reviewing existing plans for the hospital, and aims to bring those plans, as well as information about potential changes, to the borough assembly and staff, medical center CEO Marla Sanger told the hospital’s board of directors at their regular Wednesday meeting. Committee members inclu...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. June 4, 1914: Foreman S.S. Swening of the Stikine Trail was in town last Wednesday on business. When interviewed by the Sentinel man, he stated that the trail was complete to the lower end of Cottonwood Island, which makes some two miles of trail built. Mr. Swening states that they are now on one of the worst places along the entire route, as for the next mile the trail will have to be blasted through solid rock. Mr. Swening has changed his original plans somewhat and will bridge the first slough th...
