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The Nolan Center was littered with maps of the Tongass National Forest Sept. 5. Members of the Wrangell and Petersburg Ranger districts came by to hold a public meeting on the Central Tongass Project, a series of proposed long-term renovations in the area. Dave Zimmerman, with the Petersburg Ranger District, explained that the Central Tongass Project covers both the Petersburg and Wrangell districts, an area that stretches across the Wrangell, Mitkof, Kupreanof, Kuiu, Zarembo, and Etolin islands...
Members of the Wrangell Cooperative Association moved a totem pole from Shakes Island to the cultural center on Front Street Thursday evening. According to Tribal Administrator Esther Ashton, the tribe plans to do some restoration work on this totem, and some others, in the near future....
Wrangell High School held an assembly last Monday afternoon for a special guest. September 10 is "Suicide Prevention Day," and the entire month of September is dedicated to suicide prevention. Darian Gerald came to the high school to talk to students, as well as parents and staff members in the crowd, about her own story. "I've actually only ever shared this story with my mom, my therapist, and my husband," she said. Gerald is an alumnus of Wrangell High School, having graduated in 2015. She...
September 12, 1918 School opened Monday with a total enrollment of 73 pupils. Only two of the teachers engaged for the year were on hand to begin work, Miss Armstrong being ill with quinsy, and Miss Allender having missed boat connections. Miss Armstrong has recovered so far as to be able to take up her work this morning. During her absence, Mrs. J. W. Pritchett took charge of the intermediate grades. A plan is being worked out by which the work in the school will be more equally divided than heretofore. The high school program will be...
The city and borough of Wrangell will be holding an election on Oct 2. There are several positions needing to be filled, and there are many people seeking to fill them with 13 people running for office. The Wrangell Sentinel has created a roundup of candidates to help better inform local voters. Mayor There are two candidates seeking the position of mayor. Carl Carlisle has been in Wrangell for about three years, he said, but has lived all around Alaska before then. Coming from a military background, he said that his main concerns for Wrangell...
September 3, 2018 Found property: Rifle found in person’s cabin. Title 47: Detox. Citation issued: Krista Gillen, for dog at large. September 4, 2018 Citation issued: Julio Cardona Jr, 57. No valid DL. Agency assist. September 5, 2018 Citation issued: Robert Hayes, 44. Failure to provide proof of insurance and verbal warning given for faulty equipment. Citation voided: Brought in proof of insurance. September 6, 2018 Citation issued: Helen Decker, 17. Running bus red lights. Agency assist: TSA. Drug items found. Drug paraphernalia: Items found....
August 25 – Omar Magay Sanchez pleaded guilty to driing under the influence of alcohol. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail, 27 days suspended. He will also pay fines totaling $1,575. His license has been suspended 90 days, will be required to use an IID for 6 months, and will be on probation for a year. September 10 – Michaela J. Larsen was found guilty of two counts of Assault 4: Cause fear of injury, and one count of Assault in the fourth degree: Reckless injury. She is sentenced to 30 days in jail and will be required to attend cou...
PETERSBURG – On Aug. 20, around 3 A.M., 21-year-old David Churchill of Wrangell broke into Harbor Bar with the intention of burglary, according to authorities. He broke a window, entered the liquor store and attempted to steal bottles of liquor, said Police Chief Jim Kerr. A Good Samaritan who was a patron at the bar attempted to stop Churchill, but Churchill hit him over the head a few times with a bottle of alcohol, said Kerr. Churchill fled the scene, but was apprehended within minutes and arrested on charges of assault in the 2nd degree a...
Work has begun on the renovations to Shoemaker Bay Harbor. According to Harbor Master Greg Meissner, the harbor will be back in business sometime next summer....
James P Haley, 60, of Wrangell, Alaska, passed away on Sept. 1, 2018 at Providence Hospital in Anchorage. He was born on July 22, 1958 in Pasadena, California, to the late Bernard and Marie Haley. Jim graduated from Verdugo Hills High School, located in the Tujunga community of Los Angeles, in 1977. He was a self-employed contractor, but he came to Wrangell to visit his brother Jerry, and fell in love with Alaska. He worked at the Wrangell Saw Mill until it closed in 1992 and recently retired...
The youth basketball program hosted by the Wrangell Parks and Recreation Department has been a part of the community for many years, according to Lucy Robinson, who played from fourth through sixth grade. She said that the program is a good opportunity for children to get a good foundation on the basics of basketball while also having lots of fun. The youth basketball program is open for kids from the second to the fifth grade. Robinson said that it is open to sixth graders, as long as they are...
More Gov goings on - While he was in Kodiak Governor Walker also signed a bill (HB 56) sponsored by Ketchikan Representative Dan Ortiz that expands the state Revolving Loan Fund to create new financing options for fishing and mariculture businesses. He also re-established the Alaska Mariculture Task Force as an advisory body with a goal of growing a $100 million mariculture industry in 20 years. “The fiscal crisis is on the wane. It should never have happened in the first place and we should never be in that position again. Now we can get back...
Head Start preschool opened its doors Tuesday morning for its first day of school this year. According to Donna McKay, who has worked at Head Start for about 29 years, the school has 10 new students. Here, McKay can be seen teaching the class a song....
