Sorted by date Results 1 - 14 of 14
Sebastian O’Kelly, a federal lobbyist, is a consultant with Robertson, Monagle & Eastaugh. As a federal lobbyist he represents several communities across Southeast Alaska, working to ensure issues pertaining to the area reach the ears of the right people in Congress. O’Kelly was in Wrangell Tuesday evening to meet with the borough assembly and to discuss several issues pertaining to the region. “I’m glad to be here,” he said to the assembly. “This is my last stop on a 12-day tour.” The topics discussed by O’Kelly and the assembly were w...
With Labor Day come and gone, Wrangell's coho salmon derby has come to a close. According to Alicia Holder, with the chamber of commerce, 106 coho were weighed in over the four weekends of the derby. The chamber of commerce also sold 240 derby tickets. The overall winners of the derby were determined by the combined weight of the three biggest salmon fishers were able to reel in over the entire derby. The overall winners are as follows: First place: McKinley Ward, 37 lbs; Second place: Lynsie...
September 5, 1918 Tom Fugita, well known in Southeastern Alaska as a successful restaurant man, has recently returned from a trip to Japan and taken over the Wrangell Restaurant. Tom has an enviable reputation as a chef, and it is not a bad thing for Wrangell that he has returned from the land of cherry blossoms and is again on the job of relieving the hungry public. September 10, 1943 Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Bennett and three children Ardeth, Alaska and Ila, arrived here this week from Petersburg and intend to establish their future home in Wrangel...
Bible Baptist Church in Wrangell has recently begun offering an after-school program for elementary-age kids. Tim and Missy Helton are members of the church, and currently run "The Eagle's Nest." They said that the program is a fun and safe place for kids to spend part of their afternoons. "It's a positive environment for the kids," said Missy. "We're going to be doing a variety of things. We'll have a lesson, we'll have some music, we've got games, and crafts sometimes." Tim added that the...
Ongoing efforts to remove contaminated soil from the site of the Byford junkyard are about a third of the way complete, according to Sally Schlichting with the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. The soil is being packed into large bags specially designed to carry soil and is being shipped to a landfill in Oregon. Schlichting explained that the soil at the junkyard site was heavily contaminated with lead, as well as with some petroleum and trace amounts of other chemicals. The lead was neutralized, she said, with a chemical called...
August 27, 2018 Citizen assist: Child refusing to go to school. Traffic: Person called in possible traffic violation. Agency assist-USFS: Verbal warning for commercial sale of firewood. Lost/stolen wallet reported. DVO served. August 28, 2018 Catering permit. DVO served. Citizen assist. August 29, 2018 Parking complaint. Report of theft. Disturbance. August 30, 2018 Time limit parking citation issued to Andrew Twyford, 19. Parking complaint. Vacation check requested. Recovered firearm. August 31, 2018 Traffic complaint: Speeding. Missing...
Kay Larson said that the purpose of her organization is not to "combat" issues in Wrangell. Rather, she said, they want to educate and advocate. BRAVE, or Building Respect and Valuing Everyone, wants to promote healthy relationships through prevention programs, resource referrals, and community engagement. "Our group isn't so much in a combative mode as advocacy, prevention, education, it's just a slightly different touch," she said. "We're not against anything, we're just all in favor of...
"Alaska Sprouts – Seeds of Change" is a new group in the city of Wrangell, recently funded through grant money received by the Wrangell Cooperative Association. Their goal, according to the organization's Facebook page, is to help make a brighter future for the city's youth. One of the ways this all-volunteer group hopes to do so is by hosting "teen nights." Jillian Privett is the main organizer of Alaska Sprouts. She said the teen night is aimed for eighth through twelfth-graders, and is m...
Petersburg native Michael Luhr has been a part of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks since 1977, when he was initiated into Petersburg Lodge No. 1615. He said that he has lived in Petersburg for 62 years, and has been an Elk for 42. According to a short biography presented at Lodge No. 1595 in Wrangell, he served in a series of roles at local, state, and national levels for many years. In a July ceremony this year, Luhr was made the first Alaskan to ever serve as the grand exalted...
The purse seine fleet set a single day chum salmon catch record for the entire state with a haul of over 980,000 chum salmon taken at Crawfish Inlet south of Sitka on Thursday, Aug. 30 according to Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association (NSRAA) manager Steve Reifenstuhl. Seiners took 1.13 million fish in two openings. In a year where the pink salmon catch has been said to be the worst since 1976, Reifenstuhl said Tuesday many boats doubled their season income in one day. The manager added, “Crawfish Inlet will top 2.5 million f...
Cell phones are being used by fishermen to bounty hunt for lost fishing gear for pay. California fishermen created the retrieval project last year along with the Nature Conservancy to get ropes, buoys, pots and anchors out of the water after the Dungeness fishery so they don’t entangle whales, and Washington and Oregon quickly followed suit. Nearly 50 whales were taken on the west coast last year after the annual crab opener, one of the region’s largest and most lucrative fisheries. “They are using their cell phones and its GPS to take a pictu...
The Irene Ingle Library has a lot to offer people in Wrangell. Books, movies, computers, meeting rooms, and from October to December, it also offers story time for preschoolers. Story time runs in both the spring and the fall, and according to library staff is a good experience for both children and adults. "It helps children to develop their motor skills, their listening skills, they do crafts, and get to use their imagination," said Valerie Ni Heideian. Margaret Villarma added, "It's an...
The Wrangell High School Swim Team went to Petersburg on Aug. 31 for their first meet of the season. According to Coach Jamie Roberts, the team competed against over a hundred other swimmers from six other teams from Petersburg, Craig, Juneau-Douglas, Kayhi, Thunder Mountain, and Sitka. Over the two days of competition, the team accrued 157 points, according to Roberts. This put them in sixth place out of seven. However, Roberts said that she was happy with how her swimmers did. "I was happy,...
