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The crash of a Pacific Wings deHavilland Beaver last week, left one passenger, Thomas L. Rising, of Santa Fe, New Mexico dead and five other passengers, as well as the pilot, with injuries. “The cause of the crash is still under investigation,” Alaska State Trooper Public Information Officer Megan Peters said. “The remains of Mr. Rising were recovered Wednesday afternoon.” The United States Coast Guard reported that the wreckage was located at the 1,000 foot level near Thunder Mountain, approxi...
The former general manager of Thomas Bay Power Authority is asking the utility’s Board of Commissioners for a severance package that was denied upon termination earlier this year– and has retained legal counsel in order to do so. The Commission terminated Paul Southland as the head of TBPA on April 26 after Commissioner Dave Galla moved to relieve him of his duties. That motion passed 5-2 among the commissioners, with members John Jensen and Robert Larson voting no. Southland, who said at the time he planned on returning to work in the com...
The City and Borough of Wrangell has received a payment of $250,000 in the settlement with former Wrangell Medical Center DEO Noel Rea – except Rea didn’t make the payment. The payment, in fact, came from the insurance company that indemnifies WMC and its officers, the Chubb Group Insurance. Borough Manager Tim Rooney said the checks, which were drafted in March, were received by city attorney Bob Blasco and forwarded to City Hall. “The money was deposited and now, any money that we spent on le...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. June 26, 1913: Yesterday was a red-letter day in Wrangell. For weeks the citizens have been hearing that soon the Alaska Bureau of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce contemplated a trip through Alaska and their itinerary would bring them to Wrangell. They were also informed that many notable men of the newspaper would come as guests but were not prepared fully for the great surprised that awaited them. At 9:30 o'clock last night the Jefferson steamed into port conveying 125 of the “liveliest bunch” tha...
Monday, June 3 - Traffic Stop - Verbal warning for driving habits. - Traffic Stop - Verbal warning for driving habits. - Traffic Complaint. Tuesday, June 4 - Traffic - Illegal parking reported. Vehicle moved. - Disturbance - Caller reported person is banging on door. Wednesday, June 5 - Numerous calls about no water pressure. Public Works notified. - Officer unlocked vehicle. Thursday, June 6 - 911 call reported. Pocket dial. - Noise Complaint. - Caller stated that they had a busted water main. - Person requested their car unlocked. Officer...
With news breaking nationally of alleged tapping of Verizon cell phone and data customers by the National Security Agency, a provider of long-distance communications in Alaska is saying they cooperate with Federal subpoenas – but won’t say if a little known process allows the government to get at Alaskan’s private information on their network. The largest independent provider of wireless, land line and Internet service in Alaska, GCI, said this week that while the company works with the government when subpoenas or other warrants are issued by...
A Wrangell jury last week found 54-year-old Steve Marshall guilty of assaulting his former girlfriend in 2011, though the panel acquitted him of a more serious set of charges accusing him of sexual assault. The twelve-member jury returned their verdict in the late afternoon of Saturday, June 8 after deliberation began on the previous day, lasting for nearly 12 hours. Specifically, Marshall was found guilty of Assault in the First Degree and Assault in the Third Degree – charges that Judge W...
(AP) ANCHORAGE – The wireless picture in Alaska entered a new era last week with the long-awaited announcement that Verizon has flipped the switch and entered the market in Fairbanks, Anchorage and Juneau. Verizon, the largest wireless company in the U.S., with nearly 100 million customers, said its Lower 48 prices would apply in Alaska. Data services will be available on its new high-speed 4G LTE network, while voice traffic will temporarily remain on the networks of the companies it partners with in Alaska. The company said its official k...
(AP) All sailings for the state ferry Tustumena have been canceled until July 23. The Alaska Marine Highway System says in a release that the ferry continues to be in drydock to deal with unexpected repairs. It began undergoing work on Nov. 1 and was to have been back in service April 17. That was delayed until May 29, but officials say the ferry will be at the Seward Ship’s Drydock almost two months longer to work on problems like steel work. The ferry was originally scheduled back July 6, b...
The Wrangell Ferry Terminal will be out of commission for three days in June to replace a portion of the underside of the ramp leading to the vessels when they are berthed. The closure is set for June 18-20, affecting ferry traffic during those days by prohibiting use of the dock for Alaska Marine Highway System ships. According to Jeremy Woodrow, a communications officer for the Alaska Department of Transportation, the work involved includes a complete replacement of critical infrastructure...
PETERSBURG — The Petersburg Medical Clinic, under the direction of PMC physician, Jennifer Hyer, will be offering acupuncture treatments beginning June 6. “Our goal is to have more integrative medicine. We want to integrate eastern and western medicine, the best of both worlds, in order to treat the whole person,” Hyer stated. “I am beginning with acupuncture as the first modality to add to the clinic.” Hyer spent six months training in order to offer this service to the residents of Petersbur...
Wrangell not only has a new medical clinic, but a brand new physician added to the staff of the Alaska Island Community Services location on Wood Street. Dr. Laura Dooley, who has been affiliated with Bartlett Regional Medical Center and Southeast Regional Health Consortium, began work this week and will be seeing patients at the new facility. Dooley, who just arrived in town with her husband, said she has been here in the past during her travels throughout the state. “It’s good to be here in...
Amidst the salmon fisheries starting up all across the state, several Alaska crab seasons also get underway each summer. In mid-June, the summer Dungeness crab fishery opens in the Panhandle, as does red king crab at Norton Sound. Those are followed in August by golden kings along the far flung Aleutian Islands, which might soon take the title as Alaska’s largest king crab fishery. Unlike other Bering Sea crab stocks, surveys on golden kings have been limited due to distance and high costs. The deep water stocks have sustained a fishery for 3...
A former administrator at Wrangell Medical Center has been named as the new head of Providence Valdez Medical Center. Officials with Providence Health and Services said last week that Barbara Bigelow will begin her new job at the hospital on Aug. 5. She was named as the interim administrator at WMC after the departure of Kendall Sawa, who announced in October his desire to make a move to Washington State. Sawa replaced former CEO Noel Rea after the former WMC Board of Directors terminated him....
The proposed Mariner’s Memorial at Heritage Harbor is one step closer to becoming a reality as the Wrangell Port Commission has released a professional design document showing what the structure might look like once built. A set of elevation drawings and a floor plan completed by Corvus Design of Anchorage is now in the hands of the city – plans that show an octagonal design with some sides of the memorial open to the air and to allow visitors to enter the gazebo-styled structure. Port Com...
For Alaska Natives, food is essential – and traditional foods are of extreme importance to the indigenous people of the Last Frontier as they choose to live their history and culture in the modern age. In Wrangell, the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium leads the way with its traditional foods program, under the direction of Ken Hoyt. Hoyt moved to Alaska in 2012 to take over the program and has, in the past year, introduced a variety of projects to the Natives and non-Natives of W...