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Radio station KSTK is now awaiting decision by the Federal Communications Commission on whether to approve a proposed acquisition by CoastAlaska, a regional service headquartered in Juneau. Applications to transfer the station's four licenses were filed with the FCC in early December, with a public comment period ending last week. If approved, Wrangell Radio Group, whose board administers the local station, would transfer KSTK's physical assets along with its licensed channels to CoastAlaska as...
January 24, 1918: Darwell and Grant’s new power seine boat, the Marguerite, arrived from Seattle last night with the following persons on board: Victor Youngmarcker, master; Chas. Darewell, Charles Moore, Jimmie Green, Roy Churchill, Wm. Taylor Jr. The voyage was made from Seattle in 91 hours running time. The principal cargo was a complete webbing outfit for one trap. The boat is 65 feet long, 16 foot beam, 6 feet deep, equipped with a 50 h.p. Standard engine. It was built by Barbare Bros. of Tacoma, and is elegantly furnished and fitted u...
Charges have been filed against a suspect involved in an evening burglary at a local shop earlier this month. Wrangell Police Department brought two class B misdemeanor counts against David M. Johnson, 45, for his alleged involvement in the January 3 event. Security footage taken inside Silver Liningz Boutique that evening had recorded an individual entering through an unlocked storefront window. Closing the window behind them, the person appeared to take some items from the shop before exiting through the front door about six minutes later. A...
In last week's police report, James Holder had been erroneously been to reported to have received citations for driving without insurance or equipment on January 5. Those citations actually went to Alicia Holder, 23, who had been driving a vehicle registered to him....
Monday, January 8 Nothing to report. Tuesday, January 9 Paper Service: 6 Wednesday, January 10 Traffic stop: Verbal warning for no lights. Citation issued to Celsee Churchill, 35, for expired registration. Citizen assist. Thursday, January 11 Citation issued to Josh Jenkins, 25: Dog at large. Friday, January 12 Traffic stop: Verbal warning for driving habits. Traffic stop: Verbal warning for driving habits. Parking complaint. Citizen assist: Unlock vehicle. Citizen assist. MVA reported. Saturday, January 13 Nothing to report. Sunday, January...
Wrangell's public school system got encouraging marks for its special education provision, during a special report Monday evening. The Public School District board met with Bob Hadaway, a consultant who has been working with the school system's administration and special education staff since September in preparation for a districtwide monitoring this fall by the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development. Superintendent Patrick Mayer explained the review was routine oversight, perform...
When ownership of a newspaper or broadcast outlet changes, it’s big news. It’s the lead story of the day. Everyone wants to know who the new owner is, and what changes will be made to the organization. In the case of KSTK, Wrangell’s public radio station, the proposed ownership change was advanced with barely a whisper to the public. With approximately 234 letters mailed to active supporters and bits of information shared with a few others, minimal notification was made of changes that were coming to Wrangell’s station. This newspaper stumble...
The Wrangell Wolves had a winning weekend over the Panthers last weekend during their games at Craig High School. “It was a long trip, but we came out with two JV wins and two varsity wins, so you can’t be too disappointed about that,” Wrangell coach Cody Angerman said afterward. On January 12 Wrangell’s varsity players played hard against the home team, racking up 72 points to Craig’s 61 in a high-scoring game. Trevor Miller made a difference during the game’s second half, dropping half a dozen three-pointers and going two for two on free thr...
You win some and sometimes lose some, the Lady Wolves showed during the weekend’s basketball matches in Craig. The high school girls’ performance was their second split so far of the regular season, following a similar showing at Petersburg the week before. At Craig the shortened weekend was only between the two schools’ varsity teams, as the Lady Panthers lack a junior varsity squad. During Friday’s game Wrangell had begun the game with an early lead at the half, ahead 27-12. Kaylyn Easterly led her team for points, sinking four extra attempt...
After deliberation on Saturday the Alaska Board of Fisheries rejected a proposal to scrap the Southeast Alaska management plan for Dungeness crab fisheries. The BoF is currently convened in Sitka for its meeting on the region’s shellfish and finfish regulation change proposals. It meets every three years, the last one being held in Wrangell in January 2015. Starting its shellfish meeting on January 11, members took testimony for 155 different proposals related to crab, shrimp and other miscellaneous shellfish. A late comer to this year’s sla...