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Fifty women from Petersburg and Wrangell played in a golf outing on Saturday to raise money for cancer patients in southeast Alaska at the 2017 Rally for Cancer Care. The outing, sponsored by the Wrangell Medical Center Foundation, generated more than $3,200 to help pay for travel costs that cancer patients have. The Muskeg Meadows Golf Course hosted 34 players from Petersburg and 16 from Wrangell. Others came just to donate, participate in the silent auction and eat breakfast and lunch with...
The country is preparing for an astronomical moment that hasn’t happened in 99 years, and southeast Alaska will witness about 60 percent of it. For the first time since 1918, a total solar eclipse will cut through the United States on Mon., August 21. A 70-mile wide totality line will move through the country, starting at Oregon and ending in South Carolina. People within that line will see the moon pass between the sun and earth completely, causing a brief period of daytime darkness, said Rick Braun, a land surveyor and Petersburg resident w...
PETERSBURG — The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced August 15, that the 2017/2018 commercial Dungeness crab fall fishing season in Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) will be reduced in duration. All waters open to commercial Dungeness fishing in Southeastern Alaska will open at 8:00 a.m. on Sun., October 1, 2017 and will close at 11:59 p.m. on Tues., October 31, 2017. In accordance with the Southeastern Alaska Dungeness Crab Management Plan [5 AAC 32.146(3)], the department has completed an analysis of the incidence of l...
Six women paddled a section of the Stikine River, starting at Great Glacier on Thursday night and ending up in Wrangell on Sunday evening. Pictured having breakfast at the Chief Shakes Hot Tubs on Saturday morning are (l to r) Karrin Sporer, Holly Padilla, Angie Flickinger, Amber Al-Haddad, Kate Thomas and not pictured, Melissa Morrin....
August 23, 1917: Harry Eastman who formerly conducted a shoe shop on Front Street and who left Wrangell for Atlin in January, has enlisted in Ontario and is now on his way to France. Mr. Eastman made many friends in Wrangell. His place of business was known as the Canadian club, and many men now living in Wrangell will read this item with pleasant recollections of evenings spent at there. He is well past the draft age, but has nevertheless responded to the need of his country for men. August 21, 1942: Don’t be too surprised to see Wrangell’s Gr...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Five people aboard a commuter plane were rescued Monday after an emergency landing in waters near southeast Alaska. Alaska State Troopers say the Monday morning incident occurred near Coghlan Island a few miles from Juneau during a flight from Skagway. Troopers say the five occupants swam to shore after the engine of the Alaska Seaplanes Cessna T207 stopped properly functioning because of a mechanical issue. The aircraft landed about 150 feet from the island. The plane later sank. Troopers say the pilot and four p...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – Two people in Alaska who handled a drug package after it was spotted in the mailing process and then tagged by federal officials have been arrested. Christian John Peters, 44, and Tiffany Jo Spaulding, 34, were arraigned on Thursday in U.S. District Court after a multi-agency warrant search of their house, The Juneau Empire reported. U.S. Postal Service Inspector Aaron Behnen came across a suspicious package from California on Aug. 6, he said. It was sent to “Rosetta Stone’’at the suspects’ address and contained a large c...
SITKA, Alaska (AP) – The trial date in a lawsuit related to an August 2015 landslide in Sitka has been set. Superior Court Judge Trevor Stephens on Thursday set the date for Nov. 4, 2019, along with hearing arguments for summary judgment submitted by third-party defendant McG Constructors Inc. The estates of brothers Ulises and Elmer Diaz filed a lawsuit against Sound Development LLC and the City and Borough of Sitka, with Sound Development and McG Constructors listed as third-party defendants. The Aug. 18, 2015, landslide destroyed a house o...
Monday, August 7 Agency Assist: Electrical power hit. Found Property. Dog Complaint. Tuesday, August 8 Lost Property. Parking Complaint. Report: reckless driving. Wednesday, August 9 Agency Assist: Courtesy transport. Thursday, August 10 Lost wallet. Lost wallet. Parking complaint. Friday, August 11 Traffic stop: Verbal warning for faulty equipment. Illegal dumping. Dog bite. Person reported losing a wallet. Domestic disturbance. Citation issued to Shawn Curley age 46 for failure to carry proof of insurance. Saturday, August 12 Nothing to...
Robert Leroy Seimears, 87, passed away on June 6, 2017 in Wrangell, Alaska. He had been in a Long Term Care resident for five years. Robert was born August 5, 1929 in Bellingham, Washington to Clara and William Seimears joining brothers Ralph and Wayne. At age 15 Robert (BoB) ventured out on his own. He went to work as a deckhand on a Seattle fish packer northbound to Wrangell where he met Margaret Rose Ritchie. On November 27, 1948 he and Margaret married in Index, Washington. They lived in Wra... Full story
To the Editor: I’ve heard community leaders pose the question, “How can we make Wrangell a community that attracts and retains those in the younger generations?” With the dark economic cloud looming on Alaska’s horizon, the answers to this question will become even more imperative. The changing and progressing ideological beliefs of millennials and generation Z are important to consider. Support for gay rights among younger age groups is higher than ever before. This shift has been locally evident, with recent LGBTQA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexua... Full story
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – The Alaska Dispatch News has announced it is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and is in the process of transitioning to new ownership. KTVA reports the newspaper’s potential buyers might pay as much as $1 million for the paper. Those buyers included four siblings Ryan Binkley, Wade Binkley, James Binkley and Kai Binkley Sims as well as Alaska Media LLC, publisher of the Arctic Sounder, The Bristol Bay Times and the Dutch Harbor Fisherman. A statement from Dispatch News publisher Alice Rogoff called the decision bit...
WRANGELL, Alaska – A public meeting to discuss the Wrangell junkyard cleanup project will be Mon., Aug. 21 at 5:30pm in the Wrangell City Chambers at 205 Brueger Street. The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and NRC Alaska will give an overview of the cleanup project and present the plan to construct a monofill to contain treated soil from the cleanup of the former Wrangell junkyard site. DEC will be taking questions from the public during this meeting. For info contact DEC at (907) 465-5076. Photos and information are a...
Alaska aims to get in on the growing popularity of Home Meal kits that will deliver seafood directly to American kitchens. The kits typically offer a subscription based service where customers order weekly meals based on how many people they plan to feed and their food preferences. The kits include portioned, high quality ingredients with foolproof cooking instructions and can be delivered within hours or overnight to nearly all locations. Many grocery stores also are providing in-store options that don’t involve delivery. The kits typically c...
Muskeg Meadows had 14 men participate in the Men’s Cancer Care 9 hole golf tournament on Sun., August 13. The first place team was Wayne Harding, Wayne Ellis, and Brian Smith with a net score of 23 and a team handicap of 15. The second place team was George Woodbury, Brett Woodbury, Jerry Bakeburg and Frank Roppel with a net score of 24 and a team handicap of 10. Straightest drive was Clint Lewis and closest to the pin was Wayne Harding....
