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BRAVE, the Wrangell organization advocating for stronger community relationships, will be hosting a Family Resilience Fair on Oct. 9 at 6:30 p.m. at the Nolan Center. According to volunteer Maleah Wenzel, the fair is meant to provide Wrangell families with information about what resources are available to them. She added that the event was originally going to be held at the high school commons, but it has outgrown the space and was moved to the Nolan Center. “Basically the purpose of this is to make sure people in town know what resources t...
Alaska Sprouts Seeds of Change, the Wrangell organization dedicated to the community's youth, held its first "teen night" last Saturday night. The event was held at the old community gym, starting at 6:30 p.m., and numerous activities were set up for Wrangell teenagers to come participate in. According to Jillian Privett, Alaska Sprouts organizer, the teen night is something she hopes to be fun and educational for participants. Besides having an open gym, and giving teens a place to hang out,...
Maleah Wenzel said that she is not a stranger to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). Growing up in Wrangell, she said she had an abusive father and a mother with a drug addiction. Her mother abandoned them when she was 11, and she and her sister left her father when she was 15. "In terms of adverse childhood experiences, I've got the hands-on experience, I guess you could say," Wenzel said. Spurred on by these experiences, Wezel said she has a strong urge to help other children in less than...
On the night of Sept. 19, at approximately 8 p.m., a single vehicle on Zimovia Highway was in an accident near 6.5 mile. According to Chief Doug McCloskey, with the Wrangell Police Department, there were two occupants in the vehicle. The wreck was fatal for one passenger, while the other sustained serious injuries. “Basically, the car left the road and struck the bluffs out at 6.5 mile,” McCloskey said. He added that the police were still investigating the cause of the accident, but it would appear that the car was speeding at the time of the...
September 26, 1918 Miss Grace Wigg left on the Sophia for Berkeley, California. She was accompanied as far as Seattle by her mother, Mrs. F. Wigg. From Seattle Miss Wigg will travel southward and will enter the school of pharmacy at Berkeley. She will be absent from Wrangell until next July. September 24, 1943 Chamber of Commerce at its regular luncheon meeting yesterday went on record to support Ketchikan chamber in its plea to get certain restrictions lifted in Southeast Alaska, particularly travel control inside Alaska, mail censorship and...
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, as the saying goes. At Evergreen Elementary, thanks in part to a grant from the Alaska Native Sisterhood Association, Mikki Angerman's kindergarten class gets to start each day with a meal. Angerman said she started preparing breakfast for her students last year as a way to help Wrangell families feed their children. She said that she saw a lot of kids come in without having eaten breakfast, either due to some financial hardships at home or from s...
September 10 Kory Jeska Meissner was found guilty of driving her vehicle into a salmon creek, a class A misdemeanor. She has been fined $2,000, with $1,500 suspended, and will be on probation until September of 2019. Her probation for a separate incident has also been extended until December 2018. September 25 Andrew Aaron Twyford was found guilty of driving with a cancelled/suspended/revoked license. He will pay a fine of $150. Twyford was also found to hold several unpaid traffic tickets. He will serve 15 days in prison unless the tickets...
Richard Gilewitz has been playing guitar for about 44 years, and has been touring for 34. He said that he has been to 49 states and 14 countries. Last Tuesday night Gilewitz made a visit to Alaska for the second time in his career with a performance at the Nolan Center. The show benefited Bear Fest, who sponsored the event. "I love Alaska, it's stunning here," Gilewitz said before his performance. Having travelled extensively, he said that Alaskans reminded him strongly of people living on the...
September 17, 2018 Agency assist: FS alarm. Trespass letter: Property returned. Citizen assist: Vehicle unlock. Traffic stop: Verbal warning given for faulty equipment, transfer title to their name and update their license to Alaska. Traffic stop: Verbal warning for faulty equipment. Citation issued: Andrew Twyford, 19. Driving on a suspended license and failure to provide proof of insurance. Two summons services. September 18, 2018 Failure to obey citation issued to Andrew Twyford, 19. Theft/dog: Dog was returned to owner. Citizen assist:...
Another write-in candidate for the Wrangell borough assembly has announced their candidacy for the Oct. 2 election. Mya DeLong said in an email that she was asked to run by several "concerned citizens," and she wants to do her part to see Wrangell grow as a community. This is her first time running for office but she said that she is a local business owner and holds a commercial deckhand fishing license, and therefore has a personal investment in Wrangell's future and nearby natural resources....
To the Editor: Proposition 1 on the City’s ballot October 2nd is one of the most important decisions the citizens of Wrangell will make for its future. Currently, Wrangell’s hospital and many independent hospitals like it are struggling to stay open because of many reasons. With a yes vote, not only will Wrangell’s hospital be more financially viable, it will also lead to a new hospital which is desperately needed. SEARHC has more resources available and based on the success of AICS with their relationship with SEARHC, the hospital shoul...
In 2001, the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a nationwide regulation on the management of roadless areas in national forests across the country. The “Roadless Rule,” as it’s known, generally prohibits timber harvesting and road construction in roadless areas.The rule affects 58.5 million acres of land across the country, based on information provided by the Forest Service. According to Nicole Grewe, with the Forest Service, about 55 percent of the Tongass National Forest is designated as roadless area. The Roadless Rule has been a point...
Offshore fish farms could soon dot the sea scape along with those oil and gas platforms being proposed for U.S. waters by the Trump Administration. The fish farms, which would be installed from three to 200 miles out, are being touted as a way to boost seafood production, provide jobs and reduce the nation’s $16 billion trade deficit due to America’s importing nearly 90 percent of its seafood favorites. The U.S. Commerce Department is holding meetings around the country through November to talk about its strategic plan for getting aqu...
The Wrangell Borough Assembly met Tuesday night to discuss Ballot Measure 1, better known as the “Stand With Salmon” measure. This state measure is on the ballot in Alaska this year, and could have a large effect on Wrangell, as well as many other communities across the state. In short, the measure proposes new requirements and a new permit process for any projects affecting bodies of water related to salmon or other anadromous fish. The aim of this measure is to better protect salmon and their environment. However, there were concerns amo...
Bob Robbins managed Wrangell's IGA store for 11 years before taking ownership in 2000. Now, this year, the store will come under new ownership. Mike Ward said that he and Robbins have been in talks of buying the grocery store for some time, but that there was finally some light at the end of the tunnel. "We've gone from the speed of lawyer to the speed of bank," Robbins said with a laugh. Robbins added that, tentatively, the transition will take place this winter. He did not mention any future...
The Wrangell Medical Center Board of Directors met Wednesday night, Sept. 19, for their annual review of the medical center. The review covered a wide variety of topics, such as the medical center’s 2018 strategic goals. The three main goals were divided into the categories of cash flow, recruitment and retention, and the new facility. CEO Robert Rang said that the medical center has had cash flow issues since before he came onboard. However, he said thanks to work with the billing department that the time between “patient interaction” and when...