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The Wrangell Borough Assembly held a swift meeting Tuesday night, breaking into executive session before the half hour was up. Assembly members approved on second reading ordinances 909 and 910, amending elements of titles 9 and 11 of the Municipal Code relating to traffic, nuisance and litter violations. The changes add reference to the minor offense schedule in WMC 1.20.050 as well, and clean up sections of the code. Ordinance 911 was passed on first reading, having been changed in significant ways since it was reviewed at the last meeting....
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. October 21, 1915: The big cable ship Burnside arrived in port last Saturday night and after spending Saturday in port started work on the broken cable. The break between here and Ketchikan was found only five knots off shore and was repaired. The crew then set to work and removed the approach cable from the place where it originally entered Front Street taking it up across the reserve back of the jail to the cable office. The Burnside left yesterday and took over the cable in other parts. Representa...
The Wrangell Medical Center Board was officially acquainted with the hospital’s new chief executive at its regularly scheduled meeting on Oct. 21. Already in his second week, Robert Rang was chosen by the board to replace outgoing CEO Marla Sanger, whose last day with the hospital will be tomorrow. Initially hired for a year to serve on an interim basis through a management contract with PeaceHealth, Sanger ended up heading Wrangell’s hospital for the past three years. She will return to Washington to be closer to her family, and passes on the...
Two Wrangell fishermen have pleaded guilty to charges related to falsified commercial catch reports. In documentation submitted to the U.S. District Court in Juneau on Oct. 19, federal prosecutors alleged Charles Petticrew Sr. and Charles Petticrew Jr. conspired together to submit falsified Individual Fishing Quota records over a three-year period. Petticrew Jr. was alleged to have knowingly submitted IFQ reports that falsely specified the Gulf of Alaska statistical areas where around 3,977 pounds of halibut were caught, valued in all at...
Wednesday, October 21 Russell E. Grey, 30, appeared before First District Judicial Officer Leanna Nash on the misdemeanor charge of Commercial Fishing Lawful Gear – Area A/Dungeness Crab Pots/Ring Nets/Marked, a first offense. The defendant entered a guilty plea and was sentenced to pay a $1,500 fine with $750 suspended, and a $10 police training surcharge. Grey is placed on probation for one year, during which time he is to commit no commercial fishing violations. Charles Wills, 74, appeared before First District Judicial Officer Leanna Nash o...
Monday, October 19 Nothing to Report. Tuesday, October 20 Possible Scam. Wednesday, October 21 Found bicycle turned into the PD. Agency Assist. Traffic Stop verbal warning for faulty equipment. Thursday, October 22 Citizen Assist: Unlocked Vehicle. Abandoned bikes. Friday, October 23 Agency Assist. Agency Assist/Probation. Trespass. Saturday, October 24 Arrested Kevan Blount, 23, on charges of Driving Under the Influence. Verbal warning for driving habits. Report of Harassment. 86’d Letter. Sunday, October 25 Citizen Assist – Officer unl...
The Economic Development Commission concluded its part of the process for zoning entitlement lands acquired this year by the City and Borough of Wrangell. The Alaska Department of Natural Resources approved transfer of 9,006 acres to the community in April. The entitlement lands include parcels located at Zarembo Island, Mill Creek, Olive Cove, Crittenden Creek, Earl West, Thoms Place and Sunny Bay, as well as other places on Wrangell Island. The properties are largely unzoned and unsurveyed,...
Eleanor Irene (Desch) Bonn, 89, of Albany, Ore., passed peacefully of age-related causes Oct. 16, 2015, in Corvallis, Ore. She was born on June 4, 1926, in Shaw, the oldest of five daughters of Frances and Charles Desch. When she was 13, she moved to Portland with her family. Several years later, Ellie’s family home in Portland suffered damage in a fire, and when the crew came to make repairs, she spotted a dimpled young man up on the roof, working with his family’s business. She declared then and there she would marry that man one day...
It will take a lot to bring the state budget out from the red, Wrangell residents learned at a special presentation on Oct. 21. Alaska expects to run a budget deficit of $2.9 billion this fiscal year, even after a round of significant cuts made to departments and capital project spending. When they meet for the next regular session in January, the state’s legislators will have to figure out how to curb spending in future budgets before the government empties its coffers. In an effort to prepare the public for the debates ahead, the Alaska D...
Wrangell High School’s wrestlers took third place last weekend during the Brandon Pilot Invitational Tournament at the Thunder Mountain High School campus in Juneau. “The guys did very well, I’m very proud of them,” said the Wolves’ coach, Jeff Rooney. Chet Armstrong took first place for his 182-pound bracket, pinning Joshua Goeden of Sitka in the final at 5:48. “Chet really came out and did very well,” said Rooney. In the 120-pound class, Orion Heller took second place with two for three wins. He was pinned in the final round by Ketchikan’s S...
The Lady Wolves volleyball team scored some wins at last weekend's All-Comers tournament in Juneau. Hosted by Thunder Mountain High School, Wrangell's girls were able to mix it up at the varsity and junior varsity level. On Friday Petersburg's JV beat the Lady Wolves twice, 25 to 8 and 25 to 14. The Lady Vikings' varsity team would also sweep Wrangell's the next evening. Recently added to 2A, Petersburg has been the team to beat this year. "They did pretty well," said Wrangell coach Jessica Whit...
Alaska’s 2015 salmon season produced the second largest harvest ever, but rock bottom prices yielded the lowest pay out to fishermen since 2006. That will cut into the tax base of coastal communities and state coffers, which collect fully half of all fish landing taxes. Preliminary tallies from the Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game show that the statewide salmon catch topped 263 million fish (the record is 273 million in 2013) with an ex-vessel (dockside) value at $414 million, a 28 percent decrease from last year. (http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index...
The 2015 moose season for the Petersburg, Wrangell and Kake hunting area ended up being the third-best on record, according to Alaska Department of Fish and Game. After a slow week, numbers jumped back up during the final nine days of the season. Area wildlife biologist Rich Lowell reported 103 bulls were logged in this year’s hunt, just behind the 106 harvested last year. The highest recorded tally was for 2009, with 109 moose. Forty of those taken this year were on Kupreanof Island, only four of which failed to comply with local antler r...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – The City and Borough of Juneau Marijuana Committee is holding off on a decision to recommend an 8 percent tax on marijuana sales for Assembly consideration. Committee members tabled the matter at a Thursday meeting after nearly recommending that the proposal move forward, The Juneau Empire reported. Most of the committee members, including Debbie White, shared similar fears that taxing marijuana sales too high would increase prices and move people to the black market. “I would really caution us against getting greedy on...
KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) – Southeast Alaska residents are worried ferry service will fall next year to what may be the lowest level in decades. Concerned residents filled the room and overflowed into hallways at Friday’s listening session in the Sitka Legislative Information Office, the Ketchikan Daily News reported. Speakers made a number of suggestions to raise revenue for the Alaska Marine Highway System, like selling assets and imposing tolls on roads to the north. “The Alaska Marine Highway System is basically Alaska’s only toll road. W...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – Alaska’s so-called bridge to nowhere, derided by critics as an example of congressional earmarks run amok, appears dead. State transportation department officials have spurned the idea of building a bridge to connect the southeast Alaska community of Ketchikan to its airport on a neighboring island. Instead, the department is endorsing the continued use of ferries to get people to and from the airport. Construction costs have been estimated at $23 million for such things as upgrading terminals and creating waiting are...
