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With 99.55 percent of precincts reporting in the state, it appears the Alaska House Majority will be in new hands at the start of the January session. Numerically speaking, a majority of House seats were retained by Republicans, the inclusion of three of these in a bipartisan caucus was announced the day after the election. For the first time in decades this will shift the chamber over to a Democrat-led majority. Seventeen Democrats and two independent representatives bring their total number...
At its regular meeting last week, members of the Wrangell Port Commission decided against allowing casual traffic through the Marine Service Center yard. Effective immediately, access to the boatyard has been restricted with entry limited to one gate. The action follows several months of discussions, with the issue first coming to the attention of commissioners in June. “There’s a really big safety issue with people being able to come and go as they please,” explained commission chair Clay Hammer. Since its start a decade ago, Wrang...
Wrangellites looking for ways to brighten up the fall and winter offseason have another option this winter. Resident Jennifer Bates last month began holding art classes, focused on bringing out locals' inner artist. "I started Resurrection Artworks in October, because winter was basically coming," she explained. "There was nothing like it in town that I know of." Several classes have already been held, with between six and a dozen participants per session. Aimed at beginners of all ages, they...
November 30, 1916: The Fourth Annual convention of the Alaska Native Brotherhood convened at Wrangell on Tuesday in St. Philip’s gymnasium. Owing to the stormy weather the attendance is not as large as was expected. The Alaska Native Brotherhood is becoming an important organization, and its influence on Native life is manifest. Wrangell is therefore proud to be host to its Fourth Annual convention. November 28, 1941: Shakes Island is now officially in the domain of the Interior Department in charge of the Office in Indian Affairs. Transfer o...
Primary construction work at Swan Lake wrapped up last week, leaving full capacity for its hydroelectric dam 15 feet higher than it was at the year's start. The $10,000,000 project was undertaken by Southeast Alaska Power Agency, a utility covering the communities of Ketchikan, Wrangell and Petersburg. Starting about two weeks behind schedule earlier in the summer, workers finished with time to spare with the barge platform used for the project's crane departing last week with general...
Monday, November 7 Citation issued to Krysta Gillen for animal at large. Tuesday, November 8 Nothing to Report. Wednesday, November 9 Nothing to Report. Thursday, November 10 Driving Complaint. Friday, November 11 Nothing to Report. Saturday, November 12 Suspicious Circumstance. Deer Complaint. Report of Assault. Citizen Assist: Individual asking for extra patrol. Sunday, November 13 Traffic Stop: Verbal warning for no tail lights and driving habits. There was one dog complaint and two ambulance calls during this week....
To the Editor: This fall Governor Walker has been weighing the pros and cons of proceeding with the Juneau road extension. The project entails fifty miles of new pavement, which would dead end at a ferry terminal on the uninhabited Katzehin River delta across the Lynn Canal from Haines. As residents of Petersburg and Wrangell know, long roads with short shuttle ferries have not worked out as hoped for in Southeast Alaska. The South Mitkof and Coffman Cove terminals, while beautiful facilities, have been largely shuttered since they were built....
Due to a computer glitch at the high school, the honor roll printed last week was incorrect. This is the correct Honor Roll. Principals Honor Roll: Anna Allen, Alexandra Angerman, Abigail Armstrong, Samuel Armstrong, Karri Buness, Helen Decker, Siguard Decker, Kellan Eagle, Kaylyn Easterly, Abigail Gerald, Makena Hammer, Kayla Hay, Laura Helgeson, Reyn Hutten, Luke Kowalske, Josephine Lewis, Tasha Massin, Kiara Meissner, Dawson Miller, Garrett Miller, Jing O’Brien, Samuel Prysunka, Dora Voltz. Honor Roll: Madison Blackburn, Ian Jenson, M...
A time extension sought by the borough for an ongoing legal suit it is facing with its public employees union has been granted, the Alaska Superior Court decided. Judge Trevor Stephens on November 10 granted the extension, which the City and Borough of Wrangell (CBW) requested in response to a motion for summary judgment filed by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1547. The reason given for the extension was to allow the city to conduct discovery – a pretrial procedure which allows participating parties to obtain e...
Marking this year's remembrance of the country's veterans, several dinners and ceremonies paid tribute to local servicemen and women on Friday. To start with, a number of businesses closed their doors for the day, giving veterans time to spend with friends and family. A charity run was held by Southeast Beasts first thing at 8 a.m., raising $135 dollars for local veteran services. At the Wrangell High School gym at 10:30 a.m., several dozen veterans were given front-row seating for a...
Young swimmers traveled to Petersburg over the weekend to compete in Wrangell's first competitive meet in over a decade. Fourteen members of the Wrangell Swim Club participated, out of 28 total, and joined swimmers from six other communities in the three-day November Rain Swim Meet. Aged 8 to 13, Wrangell's competitors participated in more than 90 individual events, which were organized by stroke, distance, age and gender. For their efforts, the team turned in personal best times in every event...
Wrangell’s high school volleyball team positioned itself for Region V at the month’s end, finishing up in fourth place at the 2A North Seeding Tournament in Skagway over the weekend. “We were excited with the way the girls were able to play this weekend,” coach Jessica Whitaker commented. Playing on Veterans Day, the Lady Wolves picked up two wins against Haines, winning the first match 25-19 and the second 25-16. Wrangell continued its win streak with matches won against Skagway 25-8 and 25-...
SITKA, Alaska (AP) – Life-size models of Prince and Princess Maksoutoff, a changing digital display of Sitka’s landscape, and an interactive exhibit on how Sitka’s past influences its future will be part of the new Sitka History Museum in Harrigan Centennial Hall. There also will be space for temporary exhibits highlighting other periods of Sitka’s past, such as World War II, when Sitka was part of the Pacific theater of the war, said Kristy Griffin, museum curator of collections and exhibits, reported the Daily Sitka Sentinel. And that’s...
It was fast and furious for Alaska’s premiere crab fishery with the fleet catching the nearly eight-million pound red king crab quota at Bristol Bay in less than three weeks. The overall take was down 15 percent from the 2015 fishery and will likely fetch record prices when all sales are made. “The only price we have is an advance price so fishermen can pay fuel, bait and other trip expenses. The final price will be determined from now to January,” said Jake Jacobsen, executive director of the Inter-Cooperative Exchange, which represents 70 pe...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – The state is advising marijuana shops to be cautious in how they conduct business after issuing a warning to an Anchorage business that allegedly violated pot regulations. The Alaska Marijuana Control Board decided Thursday not to prosecute Arctic Herbery for the first alleged violation of Alaska’s commercial marijuana rules. The shop’s owner, Bryant Thorpe, said he was “delighted with the board’s decision.’’ But he declined to discuss the matter further, citing ongoing discussions with the Municipality of Anchorage. Th...
SITKA, Alaska (AP) – Officials in the city of Sitka have approved a non-binding resolution asking the U.S. Navy move its offshore training exercises in the Gulf of Alaska in an attempt to protect marine life. The Sitka Assembly voted 6-1 Tuesday in favor of the resolution requesting the move farther offshore for the training location and for the Navy activities to be rescheduled for fall or winter, The Sitka Sentinel reported. “Hazardous materials and underwater noise from military exercises could harm marine life and habitat, and the tra...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski hopes to advance a proposal to allow for oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, seeing an opportunity with Republicans controlling Congress and Republican Donald Trump set to become president. Murkowski told reporters at her campaign party late Tuesday that she will continue chairing the Senate energy committee and will work early on to push for allowing drilling in the refuge, sometimes referred to as ANWR. U.S. Rep. Don Young said he also plans to pursue legisla...
