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The City and Borough of Wrangell is asking its citizens for help in lobbying Governor Sean Parnell’s office to help get a public works project in downtown back on track. A proposed renovation of Evergreen Road beginning at the Alaska Marine Highway System ferry terminal, and extending north and then east from the city center, has been a priority item on the Alaska Statewide Transportation Improvement Program since 2008 – holding down the top spot on that list since 2010. Last week it was str...
Even with the drama surrounding the recent move by the Southeast Alaska Power Agency to end an operation and management agreement with Thomas Bay Power Authority, the manager of the Tyee Lake Hydroelectric project, TBPA has one silver lining among the clouds this month. In the early 1970s the communities of Wrangell and Petersburg ran on diesel exclusively – a costly proposition even in that decade. The licensing process and planning for the Tyee Lake tapping project began in 1974 and was undertaken by Harrison Western Corporation. The site, a...
Dec. 26, 1912: From the appearance of the Dolphin Christmas Eve, the Christmas Spirit which for a month had been lurking in the mysterious background, came into the open and reflected from the faces of all during the programs and ceremonies of the Yuletide. The Mecca of the children, the magic tree, appeared twice this year, first at the Rink Wednesday evening under the auspices of the local Arctic Brotherhood. With the united efforts of the fraternity, schools and churches a pleasing program had been prepared and was well presented by the...
Construction on the Chief Shakes Tribal House wrapped up on Friday, Dec. 14 as the rebuilding effort marked a major milestone with an open house and the official completion of work in an effort that took a year to finish and cost just around $1 million. The cedar structure, which was the home of Chief Shakes VII, the last leader of the Wrangell tribe, began its transformation in 2011 and has seen a brand new house rise in the place of the former. Todd White, a lifelong Wrangell resident, is the...
Monday, Dec. 10 -Officer responded to an alarm, all was fine. -Vacation check request turned in. -Officer responded to civil issue. -Person reported MVA; officer responded and gave accident forms to both parties. -Verbal warning for driving habits. Tuesday, Dec. 11 -Officer responded to alarm going off, everything is secured. -Officer responded to traffic complaint. -Person reported being harassed. -Katy Taylor, 22, cited for dog at large. -Carly Allen, 38, cited for dog at large. -Gigi Torgramsen, 46, cited for dog at large. -Jeremy Michael...
To the Editor: To the people of S.E. Alaska that are served by SEAPA organization, seems that the $400,000.00 dollars they have saved from not hiring workers, is now slated to be spent on propaganda. And an as of yet unnamed PR company will be quite glad to come get these dollars (you paid them in your electric bill) to come up here and put a spin on what they are attempting to do for your own good. It is just another smack in the face by what is known in the South as a Carpetbagger. Look it up, the term was used after the civil war when it was...
Dawn Hutchinson – Stevens, 66, passed away on December 5, 2012 with family by her side. Dawn was born April 11, 1946 in Wrangell to Fanny Stepetin (Nauska) and Henry Bradley. Dawn picked up the nickname of Butchie as a young child and some still called her that. She was also proud of her Tlingit name - Glaintz. She graduated from Wrangell High School in 1964 and obtained a BA in Fine Arts from Washington State University in 1982, with a minor in Native American Studies. Dawn returned to W...
Chris Angelo Cawthorne, 69, passed away peacefully in the Wrangell Hospital on December 3, 2012. He was born in New York City, N.Y. on October 2, 1943. Chris grew up in Miami and the Florida Keys. In 1960 he enlisted in the Army and was stationed in Italy where he learned to ski. He traveled all over Europe, driving his sports car through the Alps on weekends and days off. In 1964 he watched the Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria and would later talk about wearing bunny boots at the...
Negotiations between teachers in the Wrangell Public School District topped the agenda this week as the school board met for their final meeting of 2012 – and saw the board and teacher’s union exchange letters proposing the topics of bargaining to take place early next year. During a public work session before the regular meeting, union representative Michele Galla presented the membership’s letter requesting that a reasonable cost of living increase to the base salary be added over the next three years, a cost/benefit analysis of marri...
Coast Guard Sector Juneau command center watchstanders and a Good Samaritan assisted a fishing vessel reportedly taking on water in Snow Pass, west of Zarembo Island on Wednesday, Dec. 12. The Good Samaritan crew, aboard the 65-foot M/V Arik, was able to tow the 36-foot wooden hull trawler F/V Carrie Arlene to a cove on the north side of Bushy Island where they anchored and successfully dewatered the fishing vessel. The Carrie Arlene is harbored in Wrangell and at least one of the crewmembers lives in the borough. The Coast Guard would not iden...
Trevor Miller takes his shot in the 10-11 year old portion of the Elk’s Hoop Shoot on Saturday, Dec. 15 at the Community Gym. Miller took 1st place in his category with 13 shots completed....
Police and the Sitka Mountain Rescue continue to investigate leads in the whereabouts of a Sitka woman missing since Oct. 14. Sitka Police Department Lieutenant Barry Allen said two officers are working full-time on the case, and other officers are also taking part in the effort to find Lael Grant, the 33-year-old mother of two. Sitka Mountain Rescue has also taken part in small searches, and is working closely with detectives, SMR Director Don Kluting said. “We’re taking all tips seriously and...
Prosecutors have successfully re-indicted a Wrangell man on a number of charges after a previous indictment was tossed out last month on a technicality – and he will now face the substantially graver charge of attempting to solicit the murder of his victim. Steven Marshall, 53, was arrested on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011 at a residence in the Bloom Trailer Court after Wrangell Police Department officers responded to an argument between him and his girlfriend. He will once again face trial in relation to a seven charge indictment that includes S...
The Wrangell boys’ and girls’ basketball teams made their season debut for the 2012-13 school year last weekend in Petersburg as part of the annual Little Norway Tournament. The tournament featured six other teams and the Wolves and Lady Wolves squads took part in their first year as competitors in the 2A conference – which means both teams will be in heavy competition with Craig, Metlakatla and Haines as the season progresses. While the Petersburg Vikings were the hosts, varsity squads from...