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Polls will open for Wrangell’s regular municipal elections this Tuesday. Candidates have filed for all available seats, with several positions in contest. Among those open to the polls this year are two three-year seats on the City and Borough Assembly. Incumbents David Powell and Becky Rooney have both filed to run again, and Christie Jamieson last week announced her intention to run as a write-in candidate. Jamieson had previously served as Wrangell’s City Clerk from 1997 to 2012. Rooney has been on the Assembly since her election to an une...
Next week, the Alaska Native Sisterhood celebrates its 100th anniversary at the place of its founding, Wrangell. Alaska Native Brotherhood/ANS is the oldest rights organization for indigenous persons in the world, with the Brotherhood founded in 1912 and the Sisterhood established in 1916. Its stated mission is to improve the lives of Native people and their families, by promoting Native culture and advocating for civil rights and land rights. Membership is organized into local camps,...
Like raking leaves and pumpkin-based desserts, influenza inoculations are another sign that summer is finally over. A pair of flu clinics will be held by Wrangell healthcare providers later this month. The Center for Disease Control recommends that people get immunized early on in the season, before flu activity picks up the pace. The strain chosen for this year’s vaccine is expected to perform better than last year’s. On its site, CDC explains vaccine efficacy can vary depending on how far the virus “drifts” during a season. Its finding...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. September 23, 1915: One of the coming industries of Alaska that is more or less overlooked locally and which is coming to front in amazing fashion is agricultural. Mr. W.E. Parrot is at present harvesting one of the finest potato crops imaginable and is offering them for sale to the local market for the small price of two dollars per sack, delivered to your home. The potatoes are far superior to any raised outside, all of them being large and as solid as a rock, and not one among them has a rust spo...
Monday, September 21 Automated Alarm. Report of Theft. Trespass Notice. Fraud: Of Credit Cards. Criminal Mischief. Found Property. Traffic Stop: Verbal warning for faulty equipment. Tuesday, September 22 Traffic Stop: Verbal warning for faulty equipment. Wednesday, September 23 Report of Trespass. Citizen Assist: Unlocked Vehicle. Parking Complaint. Welfare Check: Made contact with person. Report of a MVA. Thursday, September 24 Agency Assist. Friday, September 25 Agency Assist/WMC. Saturday, September 26 Disturbance. Agency Assist/Courtesy...
A significant benefit to living in a small town is that everyone knows everyone’s business. Some consider this a detriment, but in the case of Proposition 1, which appears on October’s election ballot in Petersburg, and as Proposition 2 in Wrangell, the Financial Disclosure requirement is not needed. Currently, municipal officers and some candidates for elective office must file a financial disclosure statement. Depending upon how a person’s company is legally organized, the law can be very intrusive, or in the case of a corporation it can r...
Hospice is a Non-Profit organization whose primary purpose is to be helpful and supportive for Wrangellites and their families through the final stages of life. Hospice maintains and makes available durable medical equipment from the Community Loan Closet. The Dove Tree Ceremony is also arranged and conducted by Hospice volunteers. Hospice sponsors and sets up Christmas Tree Lane decorating in the Nolan Center Lobby during the Christmas Season. This is the only fundraiser that Hospice has, using the funds for its activities and to purchase new...
Christie Jamieson, running for one of two three-year seats on the Assembly a write-in candidate Occupation: Owner of CLJ Consulting and The Squawking Raven B&B. Why do you want to sit on the Assembly? "I have local and state government work experience, and I believe I can be an asset in the decision-making for our community's future. I'm ready to take on another challenge for the next three years." At the moment, what do you feel is Wrangell's most pressing concern, and how should the assembly...
The season began for Wrangell High School’s wrestling team yesterday, as members met for their first after-school practice. “They’re training really hard,” said the team’s coach, Jeffery Rooney. Coach Steve Miller will be assisting him again this year, which Rooney expects will be good for the team. Last year Wrangell took the Region V title, and took seventh overall at the state-level tournament in Anchorage. Several students placed in the top two or three spots for their weight class, and 12 of the Wolves’ 15-strong roster this year are retur...
KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) – A Washington state-based utility is looking to southeast Alaska for a launch of natural gas, which would primarily be delivered to homes for heat and personal use. The Ketchikan Daily News reports that Avista, a natural gas and hydropower utility based in Spokane, Washington, bought Juneau power company Alaska Electric, Light and Power last year for $170 million. That purchase has paved the way for the utility to consider bringing natural gas to Alaska’s southeast region, which would begin in Juneau. Avista off...
Two exhibits submitted by local artists to the Southeast Alaska State Fair in Haines this July won top honors, going on from there to compete and win in Palmer Aug. 27. Arlene Woodward and Kitty Angerman each took top prizes for their art. Woodward's piece was a photograph entitled "Yellow Jacket on Forget-Me-Nots," which won a third-place white ribbon. In addition to her ribbon at Palmer, Woodward's photograph also earned four ribbons at the Haines fair. A relative newcomer to fair exhibition,...
Bering Sea crabbers are again facing the possibility of a delayed fishery as Congressional Republicans threaten to shut down the government, this time over federal funding of Planned Parenthood. A shutdown two years ago stalled the crab opener by two days, costing the fleet more than $5 million in food, fuel and other fees as the boats stood idly by for a week or more awaiting an outcome. “It was a huge mess last time,” said Mark Gleason, executive director of the trade group, Alaska Bering Sea Crabbers. “We have a very tight time frame – whe...
Local hunters have been hit harder than usual by antler restrictions so far this year. The season began on Sept. 15, and by the end of the first week seven of 35 moose reported harvested in the Wrangell, Petersburg and Kake areas were deemed noncompliant. In 2014, hunters harvested 28 moose over the same period. Only three of these were ruled illegal, about the norm. The full season went on to be one of the best on record, with 106 moose harvested. Alaska Department of Fish and Game wildlife biologist Rich Lowell reported the number of noncompl...
ANCHORAGE (AP) — Gov. Bill Walker on Friday brushed aside criticism from Republican lawmakers that they were blindsided by his call to reinstate the gas reserves tax during the upcoming special session. “I sat right at this table and talked about fiscal certainty and project certainty,’’ Walker said during a news conference at his Anchorage office. He met with lawmakers Monday to inform them of his call for the special session, which starts Oct. 24 in Juneau. Walker said the tax is not meant to be punitive, only to spur movement on the natural...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Researchers have uncovered a new species of plant-eating dinosaur in Alaska, according to a report published Tuesday. The animal was a variety of hadrosaur, a duck-billed dinosaur that roamed in herds, said Pat Druckenmiller, earth sciences curator at the University of Alaska Museum in Fairbanks. Northern Alaska likely was once covered by forest in a warmer climate. The dinosaur lived in darkness for months and probably experienced snow, researchers said. The fossils were found in rock deposited 69 million years ago. F...
Royal Dutch Shell surprised many Monday after the energy conglomerate announced it would cease offshore exploration activity in the Alaskan Arctic for the foreseeable future. Shell explained initial drilling results indicated oil and gas reserves present at the Chukchi Sea site would not be sufficient to warrant further exploration. The Burger J well would be sealed and abandoned in accordance with federal regulations, and the company expects to lose $4.1 billion on the investment. The decision comes as a disappointment for the state government...