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As several major mining projects continue to develop upstream of the Stikine River, Wrangell's Native community formally observed the first anniversary of the tailings dam failure at Mount Polley mine on Sunday afternoon. A water blessing ceremony was held outside of the Chief Shakes Island tribal house, with those in attendance including members of the Tlingit and Haida tribes, a delegation of First Nations activists from Canada, and other concerned community members. The visitors included...
Various members of the Wrangell community were invited to the high school library Monday afternoon to meet with technical preparation program staff for the University of Alaska Southeast. Earlier in the summer the program’s regional coordinator, Kim Szczatko, set up a permanent office at Wrangell High School, which will expand its scope in Wrangell and other island communities. Presenting with her was the associate dean for UAS Career Education Programs, Pete Traxler. The tech prep program is a partnership program between UAS and local s...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. July 29, 1915: The baseball fans of Wrangell were treated to another of those fun-provoking ball games last Sunday afternoon when Leo McCormack’s “Counter Jumpers” went down to defeat before Cash Coulter’s “Has Beens” to the tune of sixteen to one. Although the score was very one sided the game was good and Leo says the only reason his team lost is because Harry Gartley went fishing instead of coming and playing ball. The boys are figuring on another game next Sunday. After the Counter Jumpers and...
Monday, July 27 Found Property. Tuesday, July 28 Fraud: Person reported unauthorized purchases on credit card. Person reported getting threats over telephone. Arrested Cameron Joseph Hackworth, 39, on Bench Warrant. Traffic: Person reported vehicle backing into him. Concerned citizen: Report of sparks coming from utility pole. UTL. Possible DV verbal only. Wednesday, July 29 Possible Fireworks reported. Thursday, July 30 Noise Complaint. Deer Complaint. Citation issued to Brooke Leslie, 29, for Dog at Large and Dog License Required. Citation...
Deer hunting season began for Alaska residents and nonresidents in much of the Unit 3 management area last Saturday, lasting through Nov. 30. Bow hunting on Mitkof Island and the Petersburg Management Area, hunting on the remainder of the Mitkof, Woewodski and Butterworth islands, and residential hunting on the Lindenberg Peninsula portion of Kupreanof Island all begin on Oct. 15, and are subject to other limitations. Outlooks for this year’s season for Sitka black-tailed deer are much the same as last year, with smaller harvests expected t...
To the Editor: I have been given more information concerning my 16 July letter to the editor. Several people have told me that one of our U.S. senators wants there to be a dock at Anan to please a few airplane operators from Ketchikan. Therefore there is going to be a dock at Anan. What it looks like to me is this is a power play. Apparently this is why there is no cabin and trail maintenance. The one is hurt. It is hard for me to believe the Ranger on up to the Supervisor’s office of the forest service would allow this. I have heard the p...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – New voluntary guidelines for cruise ships and other tour boats aimed at protecting harbor seals, especially vulnerable nursing pups, in Alaska’s glacial fjords were announced Wednesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Previous voluntary guidelines called for vessels to stay at least 100 yards away from seals on ice floes. After determining that seals are 25 times more likely to flush into cold fjord water at that distance, the agency came up with a new voluntary guideline of 500 yards, a buf...
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) – The University of Alaska Fairbanks has announced it will cut $20 million from its budget this upcoming year. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports that some of the cuts come from 150 eliminated positions, reduced campus services and widespread consolidation. The detailed budget plans were released Wednesday. UAF academic programs plan to slash 68.5 full-time positions, as well as 17 teaching assistants and adjunct faculty jobs. UAF spokeswoman Marmian Grimes says students will likely see more crowded classrooms and f...
The first seagoing electric powered passenger vessel in the U.S. is set to launch next summer in Juneau. The E/V Tongass Rain is a 50 foot, 47 passenger catamaran designed for eco-education and whale watching tours. Its primary fuel source will be rain, delivered to the boat via Juneau’s hydroelectric power grid and stored in a bank of lithium batteries. The more modern batteries are less than half the weight of a traditional lead acid battery, and they provide three times the power and charge three times as fast, said Bob Varness, president a...
The Alaska Board of Fisheries last week released its 2015-2016 Proposal Book for review. Some 215 proposals were accepted for review during the board’s regulatory meetings. Regulations potentially to be affected include Pacific cod and finfish in the Alaska Peninsula, Chignik and Bering Sea-Aleutian Island areas; Bristol Bay finfish; Arctic, Yukon and Kuskokwim finfish; and statewide finfish. Proposals may be downloaded off the board’s website in sections, as well as for full meetings, at www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=f...
Members of the Wrangell City and Borough Assembly were given some positive news about the community’s visitor industry at its meeting July 28, as the Convention and Visitors Bureau presented results of a recently-completed study of that economic sector. Representing the CVB, Brenda Schwartz-Yeager delivered a short presentation on the data compiled by Rain Coast Data, an analytic firm in Juneau which has run similar assessments for Wrangell and Southeast Conference. “It’s kind of a snapshot of our visitor industry,” she explained. The study f...
JUNEAU (AP) — State political leaders welcomed the announcement Monday that Alaska was not included in a new federal rule aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it didn't have the information needed to determine the best system of emission reduction in Alaska, which has isolated infrastructures like Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Guam. The federal agency said it would determine how best to address emission standards for existing fossil fuel-fired power plants in those states and terr...
KETCHIKAN (AP) — The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly will cast its first official vote on a proposed tobacco tax. The Ketchikan Daily News reports that the Assembly is considering a $3-per-pack tax on cigarettes and a 75-percent wholesale tax on other tobacco products including e-cigarettes Monday. The Assembly last voted on the topic in July. They split the vote four to three on whether to draft the ordinance. In June the tax failed to pass muster when two members were absent. If approved, it will return to the Assembly again for a s...