Articles from the October 5, 2022 edition


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  • Classified ads

    Oct 5, 2022

    HELP WANTED Wrangell Public Schools is accepting applications for the following positions for the 2022-2023 school year: - Paraprofessionals: These are part-time positions working with students in Grades K-5, 5.75 hours per day in the Special Education Program or Library at Evergreen Elementary School. Salary placement is Column A-C on the Classified Salary Schedule. A high school diploma or equivalent is required. An associate degree, equivalent credits, or the ability to pass the para-pro assessment is also required. Contact the district offi...

  • Irene Ingle Library thanks supporters for Summer Reading Program success

    Oct 5, 2022

    The Irene Ingle Public Library would like to thank all of the individuals, businesses and organizations who donated prizes for the Summer Reading Program. We appreciate your continued support in assisting us by encouraging children to read during the summer and improve their reading skills. We would also like to thank; First Bank, for the funds to purchase Adidas Sackpacks for all those who completed the program; Alaska Airlines, for the funds to purchase prizes; the city and borough of Wrangell; Jeff Angerman for his ongoing support; and...

  • Modeling saw the storm but not the surges that devastated coastal Alaska

    Yereth Rosen, Alaska Beacon|Oct 5, 2022

    When the remnants of Typhoon Merbok were barreling toward western Alaska to unleash what turned out to be the region’s strongest storm in more than half a century, meteorologists knew what was coming. What they could not predict was the exact level and location of flooding – devastation that prompted a federal disaster declaration by President Joe Biden and a whirlwind Alaska tour by Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell. “The large-scale weather models nailed this storm, days in advance. The storm surge model...

  • Voters approve school repair bonds; Gilbert likely winner of mayoral race

    Sentinel staff|Oct 5, 2022

    Patricia Gilbert is the likely winner in Tuesday’s mayoral election against Terry Courson, leading the in-person vote tally 275-219. With slightly more than 100 absentee and early votes still to count, Courson would have to win those votes by more than a 3-to-1 margin to overtake Gilbert’s 56-vote lead. Voters approved by a wide margin, 311-to-170, approved borrowing $3.5 million for repairs to all three school buildings, but a proposed $8.5 million bond issue for repairs to the Public Safety Building appears headed to defeat. That ballot pro...