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Revenue Commissioner Bryan Butcher today announced that an estimated 646,805 eligible Alaskans would receive a 2012 Permanent Fund Dividend in the amount of $878. According to the Department of Revenue, 677,733 applied for the 2012 dividend, an increase of approximately 1,500 applications compared to 2011. The first dividends will be paid on Oct. 4 when approximately 515,000 applicants will receive a direct deposit into their bank account, and 85,000 will be mailed a check. Those who chose paper check delivery would have it enter into the mail...
One of the most popular shows for kids on television in the last decade was Where On Earth Is Carmen San Diego as it scoured the world for the location of a thief who steals valuable artifacts from around the globe. For Wrangell High School students and parents, one question could be related to the title of that show – Where In The World Are The Class of 2012 Yearbooks? The yearbooks, which were to be delivered around May of last year, are now scheduled to be in the hands of parents and students in late October. WHS principal Monty Buness s...
Wrangell Sentinel employee Beth Comstock takes a break with a pair of decked-out Seattle Police Department officers during the Susan G. Komen 3-Day event last weekend. Comstock’s team, “The Pink Slips,” finished in 10th place among all participants by raising $39,903.75 for breast cancer research....
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. Sept. 26, 1912: The long looked for machinery for the Columbia and Northern Fishing and Packing company's freezing plant was shipped north on the Spokane and landed on the company's wharf Sunday. The apparatus, consisting of a 60 horsepower boiler, direct connected engine and ammonia compressor and Sharpe freezing outfit, will be installed immediately and made ready to take care of the fresh halibut catch which heretofore has been shipped packed in glacier ice. Mr. Albright at the Wrangell Meat...
A team of four Alaska State Department of Health and Social Services surveyors were onsite in Wrangell last week to conduct Wrangell Medical Center’s annual re-certification and State licensure surveys. The surveys were conducted in the Long Term Care Center and the Critical Access portion of the hospital. These visits, which are unannounced standard surveys, are conducted annually to determine compliance with Federal Medicare/Medicaid and State Licensure participation requirements for s...
Monday, Sept. 10 -Officer responded to report of Criminal Mischief. -Report of damage to property. -Porcupine found on road. -Booked Marc Martinsen, 52, to serve sentence. Tuesday, Sept. 11 -Caller requesting Vacation Check on residence. -Officer responded to suspicious circumstance. -Citation issued to Jaynee Lyndell Fritzinger, 17, for Failure to Provide Proof of Insurance and Verbal Warning for Faulty Equipment. Wednesday, Sept. 12 -Report of theft. -Welfare check, officer responded, all okay. Thursday, Sept. 13 -Caller reported fire. Fire...
Wrangell’s radio station, KSTK FM, brought their newest reporter on board this week with the addition of veteran journalist Ariel Van Cleve to the station’s staff. Van Cleve, who most recently worked as a reporter at KDLG FM in Dillingham, comes to the station with a background in broadcast journalism and holds a Masters in Public Affairs Broadcasting from the University of Illinois at Springfield. Prior to her time in Alaska, she worked as an intern at WCBU in Peoria, Ill. from 2004-07, as an...
The Wrangell Wolves cross-country team traveled to Ketchikan last weekend with a smaller group than usual – only four runners for each of the boys and girls teams – but they came away with an eye towards preparing for the Region V tournament this weekend in Juneau. In the girls’ side of the competition held Sept. 15, Wolves senior Kayla Rooney finished in the top-25 with a final time of 23:18; Andrea Gillen ended the day with a time of 26:32. Hannah Armstrong ended her run at 30:06. Roone...
Wrangell Medical Center has a new administrator – courtesy of a yearlong management agreement with PeaceHealth of Ketchikan. Kendall Sawa, whose first day on the job was Thursday, Sept. 13, takes the reins of the hospital as interim CEO Olinda White retired the same day. White had been in the position since the firing of former hospital chief Noel Rea on June 20. Before coming to Wrangell, Sawa was Vice President for Patient Care Services for Ketchikan Medical Center. He took over that p...
A raging fire brought out more than 30 firefighters and destroyed a trailer home last week near the end of Zimovia Highway. The call for the fire came in at approximately 1 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 13 with two fire trucks, a water tanker and 31 volunteers dispatched to the scene just past 12 Mile. According to WVFD chief Tim Buness, the cause of the fire was electrical in nature. “Upon arrival, the structure was completely engulfed and on fire,” he said. “We managed to get it knocked a little bit before the walls caved in. The probable cause...
After more than a year of digging, installing utilities and pouring concrete on Front Street, the Wrangell Road Improvement Project team meetings wrapped up this week with a final conference at City Hall. The project, which began on Aug. 16, 2011, has seen Wrangell’s main thoroughfare and underground utilities ripped out and rebuilt from the City Dock to the Case Avenue intersection, costing nearly $6 million, and significantly altering the way Wrangellites moved about downtown for more than 400 days. Project engineer Eric Voorhees said n...
Wells Fargo has named David Byrne Senior Business Banking relationship manager for Petersburg and Wrangell. During his 14-year financial services career in Alaska, Byrne has served consumer and business customers as a personal banker in Petersburg, business relationship manager in Dillingham and Kodiak and statewide commercial real estate industry specialist. He has served as a board member for numerous chamber, rotary and industry trade groups in Anchorage, Kodiak and Petersburg. Byrne is an...
Clay Hammer Why are you running as a write-candidate rather than an official candidate for the Port Commission? Basically, time got away from me and I missed the window to officially apply. I had to leave town when I should have been rounding up signatures. I’m still interested in serving on the commission, so here I am. What is your opinion on the current status of the Mariner’s Memorial planned for Heritage Harbor? I am very excited about the project. This has been an idea circulating for age...
Barbara Conine What is your previous experience on boards or other relevant experience that would qualify you as a member of the Wrangell Medical Center Board of Directors? Extensive business experience of actually running two businesses, hiring, firing, meeting payroll, budgeting, customer service, knowing what to keep private and dealing with many governmental agencies. I spent several years on the first Tourism Advisory Board as we worked to market Wrangell as a destination, not just a stop...
Alaska fishermen are feeling the squeeze of lower prices at the same time that their operating costs continue to spiral upwards. For halibut, in a reversal of trend and fortune, prices have dropped by 70 cents a pound in recent weeks. Dock prices usually peak from September until the halibut fishery closes in November, but that is not the case this year — overstocked freezers and resistance from buyers have put a downward press on fish prices. “Buyers simply aren’t buying,” said several Alaska fish processors. Prior to the start of the season...
(AP) JUNEAU – Brown bear hunting season in Southeast Alaska opened Saturday, Sept. 15. The opening applies to the area known as Game Management Unit 4, which encompasses Admiralty, Baranof and Chichagof islands. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game said the season is scheduled to run through Dec. 31. According to officials, hunters must obtain a valid hunting license and a locking big-game tag. Hunters also must have a current registration permit, which is valid for taking one brown bear within the unit. A guide must accompany nonresident h...
Three judges in Alaska’s First District are up for retention in the Nov. 6 general election – Ketchikan Superior Court Judge William Barker Carey, and Juneau District Court Judges Keith Levy and Thomas Nave. Voters are also being asked whether they want to retain Alaska Supreme Court Justice Daniel Winfree, and Alaska Court of Appeals Judge Joel Bolger. Like other states, Alaskans vote on whether judges should serve another term in office. Alaska law requires the Alaska Judicial Council to evaluate judges who are eligible to run for ret...
Wrangell resident Jody Lindley looks on as Derek Meissner hoists his moose at the Inner Harbor dock. Lindley took his catch on the lower Stikine over the weekend....
With the flurry of activity on Shakes Island, including the redesign and construction of a new Chief Shakes Tribal House, the cleaning and renovation of the totem poles, and planning for a rededication ceremony in May 2013, the Wrangell Cooperative Association is busy focusing on the future of tribal assets in the community. But a portion of Wrangell’s Tlingit history is also spread to the wind as a part of two separate exhibits at museums in Washington and Colorado. The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture at the University of W...
