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The Wrangell Medical Center Auxiliary is an organization that has worked to assist the hospital in providing services to its patients and to “promote the health and welfare of the community,” according to its stated purpose in the bylaws. With the hospital being transferred to the control of SEARHC, however, the organization has been questioning what its future holds. In a meeting on Monday, Oct. 29, the Auxiliary discussed future disbandment, and what to do with the auxiliary’s funds. The members of the auxiliary that were present for the m...
According to a press release from the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development (DEED), new designations and grades have been given to schools across the state. This is meant to provide information to parents about the quality of their schools, and to help school officials know where they are succeeding and where there is room for improvement. This new rating system is a part of the ESSA, or Every Student Succeeds Act, which was passed in December 2015. “There are three types of school designations: Comprehensive Support and I...
November 7, 1918 The small boys at Wrangell are very warlike. Recently the town marshal there was ordered to disarm all the children and confiscate all slingshots, air-guns and firearms found on their persons. If this did not curb their war-like ardor it was ordered that the boys be arrested and fined if they did not quit shooting within the city limits. November 5, 1943 The Ways and Means committee, after approving a raise from 3 cents to 4 cents for mailing out-of-town letters, later decided to leave the charge at three cents. The Committee...
Alaska State Representative Dan Ortiz visited Wrangell last week on the campaign trail. Ortiz is seeking re-election to the state house. He has represented District 36, which covers towns like Wrangell, Ketchikan, Hydaburg, and Metlakatla. This is the second stop in Wrangell for Ortiz during his campaign, having stopped in town previously during Bearfest. He held a meet and greet at the Stikine Inn last Wednesday afternoon. "I'm always happy to come to Wrangell, always happy to get out and look...
October 22, 2018 Criminal trespass: Trespass warning given. Traffic complaint. Trespass: Officer responded. Report of disturbance. October 23, 2018 Paper service. Traffic: Vehicle break down. October 24, 2018 Traffic. Report of assault. Agency assist: OCS. Arrested: Dakota Gallant, 28. On charges of violating conditions of release. Traffic: Verbal warning for being at the shooting range after hours. Disturbance: Verbal warning for music too loud. October 25, 2018 Agency assist: Search and rescue. Noise complaint: Unable to locate. October 26,...
Trevor Shaw moved to Alaska with his parents in 2001. He said that his father had always wanted to live in Alaska, and when his mother found a nursing job with the hospital in Ketchikan, they made a move. He integrated into life in Southeast Alaska quickly, and graduated from high school in 2014. While still a senior in high school, he was elected to the Ketchikan school board. He served there for five years, he said, with two terms as the school board president. He has also served on the...
PETERSBURG – Participants in the fifth annual Annabelle Baker Poker Tournament raised $1,500 on Sunday for the Beat the Odds organization, which raises money for support groups and services for local cancer patients. The tournament was established by Jeigh Stanton Gregor as a way to remember the late Annabelle Baker, who was a competitive poker player. "Annabelle was a competitor," said Stanton Gregor. "We thought it would be a fun thing to do to remember her." There were 20 participants total raising $1,500 for the organization. Eugene Lee c...
Between hosting their first home games of the season, and running a takeout fundraiser dinner, Wrangell's high school volleyball team had a packed weekend. Oct. 26 and 27 saw the Lady Wolves play at home for the first time since the volleyball season opened. They played against the Craig Panthers, the number one seeded team. Wrangell High School is currently tied for second place, according to Coach Jessica Whitaker. The JV teams played first on Friday and Saturday. They played three games both...
Christopher Roy Kuykendall, 64, passed away on Oct. 12, 2018. He was born in Wrangell on September 27, 1954, to Roy and Mona Kuykendall. Chris was the seventh of ten children and was born with cerebral palsy. At the age of 10, he left Wrangell and moved to the Seattle area where he could receive the medical care that he needed. Although he suffered with the effects of the disorder throughout his life, he enjoyed many happy days. One of his greatest joys, was anything related to Star Wars. Many...
The season is nearly at an end for Wrangell's high school swim team. They competed in the regional tournament in Petersburg last weekend. Coach Jamie Roberts explained that in regionals, swimmers could enter into only two individual events and two relay events. The swimmers achieved nine personal best times last weekend, she said. The results of the competition are as follows: Xoe Affholter took 20th place in the 50-yard freestyle with a personal best of 36.04 seconds, and 19th place in the 100-...
The Wrangell Wolves wrestling team was the 2A champion of the Bill Weiss tournament in Ketchikan this past weekend. The team made 157 points over the weekend, with the second place 2A team being Petersburg, with 100 points. Wrangell took third place in the tournament, overall, but Assistant Coach Jack Carney said it was impressive that they were able to be the 2A champions with such a relatively young team. "We've only got four returning wrestlers this year," he said. "The rest are freshmen."...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Alaska salmon stakeholders are split on a ballot initiative that aims to strengthen state law protecting salmon habitat. Most of the 12 Alaska Native regional corporations are opposing the so-called Stand for Salmon initiative set to appear on November’s general election ballot, but fishing industry groups appear divided on the matter, the Alaska Journal of Commerce reported last week. The initiative seeks to overhaul the state Department of Fish and Game’s statutory directive on how development projects in salmo...
“With fisheries, it’s almost the forgotten resource of our state as an economic driver. It’s almost like they are an afterthought. We have to realign that,” said Mark Begich, Democratic candidate for Alaska governor, as we readied for an interview during his trip to Kodiak last week. Begich came to Kodiak despite the cancelled fisheries debate caused by a no show by his Republican opponent, Mike Dunleavy, who has not responded to requests to share his ideas and vision for Alaska’s oldest industry. “I think it’s appalling,” Begich said. “I...
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP)– An earthquake has shaken several communities in Alaska’s interior region, but no damage has been reported. The Alaska Earthquake Center says the magnitude 5.3 earthquake hit at about 9 a.m. Saturday approximately 13 miles (21 kilometers) from the village of Tanana. It was felt by residents in Fairbanks, North Pole, Healy and Manley Hot Springs. The center says there were no immediate reports of damage. Fairbanks is interior Alaska’s largest city, with a population of about 31,000. It’s roughly 360 miles (580 kilomet...
(Sitka) – Due to concerns about low elk numbers, from 2008-2012 the elk hunting season on Zarembo Island was closed by emergency order. In 2013, following several consecutive years of emergency closures, the board took similar regulatory action, closing Zarembo Island to elk hunting. In a related action, and due to concerns about hunters "bootlegging" elk off of Zarembo and claiming to have harvested them elsewhere in Unit 3 during the General Season elk hunt (Aug. 1−Dec. 31, one elk), the boa...