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With last month’s U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, reproductive rights advocates in Alaska are encouraging voters to vote no on a constitutional convention during the general election this November, while abortion opponents are encouraging voters to vote yes. The right to have an abortion in Alaska is protected through the state constitution’s provision on privacy, as recognized by the Alaska Supreme Court in 1997. This November, voters will be asked whether or not to call a constitutional convention, which would pave the...
Monday, July 4 Courtesy transport. Theft. Dog complaint. Hazardous play. Disturbance. Driving under the influence: Arrested. Traffic stop. Noise complaint. Tuesday, July 5 Traffic stop: Verbal warning for defective headlights on 4-wheeler. Death investigation. Civil standby. Criminal mischief. Animal bite. Disturbance. Wednesday, July 6 Trespass warning. Citizen assist: Unlock vehicle. Traffic complaint: 4-wheeler. Agency assist: Dead deer. Traffic stop: Verbal warning given for no headlights and failure to yield. Thursday, July 7 Traffic...
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A U.S. Supreme Court ruling expanding state authority to prosecute some crimes on Native American land is fracturing decades of law built around the hard-fought principle that tribes have the right to govern themselves on their own territory, legal experts say. The June 29 ruling is a marked departure from federal Indian law and veers away from the push to increase tribes’ ability to prosecute all crimes on reservations — regardless of who is involved. It also casts tribes as part of states, rather than the sover...
THANK YOU Thanks and Gunalchéesh to Alaska Vistas, ANB, the Wrangell Chamber of Commerce, Harbor Department, Parks and Recreation Department and WCA for all their support with the July 3 canoe races. Both scheduled and spontaneous helping hands made it possible for 100 entrants to participate. John and Cindy Martin THANK YOU Thank you to Alaska Native Brotherhood and Sisterhood for the donation and frybread sale on the Fourth of July. Gunalchéesh ho ho! Wrangell JOM THANK YOU The Stough family, James and Rachel, would like to say a big thank y...
FREE Community compost at the community garden! Add compostables to the bin labeled ADD and cover with three yellow buckets full of browns that are located in the fish tote. Fruit and vegetable scraps only please, no meat, bones, fats, breads or potatoes. FREE Recycled newspapers. Stop by the Sentinel to pick some up. FREE ADS Do you have something to sell? Having a garage sale? Looking to buy something? Classified ads for individuals and community groups are free in the Sentinel. Contact Amber at 907-874-2301 or email wrgse...
With smiles and hugs, the 2022 Race to Alaska concluded last Thursday evening when the last two teams still in the race — Fix Oder Nix and Sockeye Voyages — arrived at the finish in Ketchikan’s Thomas Basin. It had taken both teams more than 21 days to complete the approximately 710-mile distance between Victoria, British Columbia, where the R2AK’s second leg to Ketchikan had begun at noon Pacific time on June 16. Sails, ores or paddles — no motors allowed. “We made it,” Joachim Roesler of Team Fix Oder Nix said after their arrival at th...
Alaska’s state alcohol regulator is declining to stop distilleries from selling kegs of premixed cocktails despite a warning by federal regulators, who have concluded that the process is illegal. The Alaska Alcohol Control Board has rescinded an advisory notice that had cautioned distilleries against selling kegs to bars and other places with alcohol licenses. The board also voted unanimously to create a working group to consider the topic further. “In the meantime, I’m not going to go after a guy who has been doing something, allegedly lawfu...
