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Wrangell’s Borough Assembly gave the go-ahead to an ordinance updating the city’s procedures for handling junk vehicles during its Tuesday evening meeting. The new verbiage comes as a result of a workshop addressing the issue held on September 26, and brings Wrangell’s code more in line with state statutes. Changesd were to adjust deadlines, giving owners more time for notification and redress before disposal. If the vehicle is being auctioned off, the state gives municipalities a total of 50 days to contact the owner of record or lien holde...
An exhibit built by Wrangell craftsmen is now one of the first sights visitors see when entering the new Alaska State Museum in Juneau. The museum, formally named the Father Andrew P. Kashevaroff Library, Archives and Museum Building, was completed and opened to the public in June, and features more than twice the floor space of its predecessor. Completely replacing the capital's previous museum, the $139 million project was the largest scale project the city had seen in over four decades. Soon...
December 21, 1916: Alaska is the only place over which the American flag flies where two Christmas days are celebrated. This applies especially to the Alaskan peninsula and adjoining islands, where many of the natives belong to the Russian church with her Julian calendar. It is only since the coming of the American public school and mission that the “American Christmas” has been introduced in those parts. According to the Julian calendar Christmas, Dec. 25, falls on the day that is Jan. 7 in the calendar elsewhere. According to the Russian chu...
Last week Wrangell’s Planning and Zoning Commission approved a conditional use permit for a cannabis retail and cultivation facility. Happy Cannabis will be a small business just behind the Diamond C Cafe on Front Street. Cafe owner Kelsey Martinsen began the process of applying for the necessary permitting back in March, triggering a months-long process of reevaluating and updating the city’s zoning ordinances to reflect the drug’s newfound legalization, approved by Alaska voters in 2014 and taking effect this year. The state’s legaliz...
The M/V Matanuska will be sailing on an altered schedule into next week, according to the Alaska Marine Highway System. Due to problems with one of the vessel’s engines, it remained overnight in Ketchikan for repairs. It resumed its course Monday, but will be running on a delayed timetable through December 20, when it departs from Ketchikan for its evening stop in Wrangell. Its scheduled northbound stop into Wrangell was bumped to Wednesday at 7:15 a.m. On its southbound leg, the ferry is due into port again Friday at 4:45 p.m., arriving a...
Monday, December 5 Fireworks being shot off UTL. Tuesday, December 6 Nothing to Report. Wednesday, December 7 Noise Complaint – Verbal warning given for loud music. Parking Complaint. Thursday, December 8 Dog at Large. Friday, December 9 Report of suspicious activity. Alarm: All was secured. Saturday, December 10 Disorderly Conduct. Driving Complaint. Sunday, December 11 Citizen Assist: Unlocked Vehicle. Report of Criminal Mischief/Trespass. There were two ambulance calls during this week....
Wrangell's wrestlers took first for the 1-3A Boys Region V Tournament in Sitka over the weekend, with nine of the high school team's 10 wrestlers headed to State in Anchorage this week. In the Girls 1-4A Tournament, freshman Hannah Brown will be headed to State after taking second in the 132 weight bracket. She bested Mikenna Pingayak-Simon from Mt. Edgecumbe in the first round, finishing with a pin in 1:27, then won by fall in 1:23 over teammate Elizabeth Johnson. Brown faced Mt. Edgecumbe...
In the team's first regional meet since starting up this year, members of the Wrangell Swimming Club took some top spots and beat personal records earlier this month. The team fielded seven swimmers, who joined 182 others on six teams during the 2016 Savannah Cayce Southeast Championship at Juneau's Dimond Park Aquatic Center from December 2-4. "There were a lot of swimmers there, and a lot of good swimmers," said assistant coach Jamie Roberts. "It went really well. The kids did really well,"...
8-9 year-olds Girls 1st - Shailyn Nelson, 5 2nd - Hailey Cook, 4 3rd - Sydnie Young, 3 Boys 1st - Keaton Gadd, 9 2nd - Everett Meissner,7 3rd - Ian Maleski, 7 10-11 year-olds Girls 1st - Kayla Meissner, 7 2nd - McKinley Gillen, 1 3rd - Mindy Meissner, 1 Boys 1st - Kyle Hommel, 10 2nd - Devlyn Campbell, 9 3rd - Kirk Davidson, 8 12-13 year-olds Girls 1st - Jamie Early, 18 2nd - Renee Roberts, 14 3rd - Emma Martinsen, 13 Boys 1st - Jayden Buheler, 18 2nd - Jason Hay, 10 3rd - Ryan Rooney, 10...
The special committee tasked with pursuing development of a residential high school in Wrangell is currently courting support from a major consortium of tribal villages in Interior Alaska. The school would be the first year-round residential facility to be operated under the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program (ANSEP), a supplementary learning program which earlier this fall opened its first full-time accelerated high school in the Matanuska-Susitna area. The program is part of the University of Alaska system, and was founded to impro...
In a special meeting held last week, the Wrangell City and Borough Assembly decided to go with a local contractor over the low bidder in a major lighting project. Buness Electric and Tongass Electric were both bidders from among nine being considered for the city dock lighting project, a continued step in improvements to commercial passenger vessel facilities that was estimated at around $300,000. The project funding comes from a grant through the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development, and when completed should...