The Anan Wildlife Observatory’s popular bear cameras will go live on Monday, June 15. Over the past two weeks, Wrangell students working with T3 Alaska and the U.S. Forest Service got the Anan bear …
When Westin Nelson of Skagway became the first Alaska hunter on record to harvest a mule deer, he may have been doing the state a favor. Mule deer, better known as inhabitants of the Rocky …
Early summer sun beamed down on the opening of Celebration, a festival that honors Southeast Alaska Indigenous cultures. The Grand Entrance drew thousands of dancers, families and supporters for the …
Petersburg’s borough assembly voted 4-2 on June 1 to reject the sale of a small borough-owned parcel near the Haugen Drive fire hall to Tidal Network, the broadband arm of the Central Council of …
School is out for the summer but the gardens at Evergreen Elementary are just getting started. Fifth-grade teacher Holly Padilla is the current caretaker, and she acknowledged that the growing season …
Wrangell’s Fourth of July festivities start in four weeks, with a lot of planning — and fundraising — still to come. Ticket sales to raise money for the Fourth started at a community …
The assembly has scheduled a public hearing for Tuesday, June 9, on two separate requests to lease borough property at the 6-Mile Mill site for a small data center and for a new barge landing and …
State lawmakers voted to increase state unemployment benefits for the first time since 2009 during the Legislature’s race to the finish on May 20. They attached the change to a largely unrelated …
Alaska Native corporations are heavily invested in cruise tourism with major dock developments and shoreside facilities for passengers. Huna Totem, the village corporation for Angoon, has been …
The Wrangell JOM Kaasitlaan Dancers will perform three times at Celebration 2026 in Juneau this week. The dance group totals close to 60 people — youngsters, elders and in between. Almost …
A quiet march in the sunshine earlier this month culminated in a step forward for tribal member safety and accountability, as WCA approved a resolution aimed at addressing the national crisis of …
Borough officials canceled plans to try an outdoor market in front of the Nolan Center on a couple of days when large cruise ships are in port after deciding they needed to review how new business …
The borough has hired an environmental engineering firm to help it decide how best to kill more of the bacteria that rides along in the discharge from the town’s sewage treatment plant before …
The school board approved a one-year contract with a Juneau-based educational nonprofit on May 18 to help provide and manage special education services for the upcoming school year. The loss of …
This year’s fishing derby is really three derbies in one. There will be cash prizes for the largest king salmon, coho salmon and halibut caught over the three-month derby — $1,000 to each of …
An online petition to support renewal of kindergarten teacher Madison Blackburn’s contract for the 2026-2027 school year is rapidly gaining support, drawing nearly 500 signatures as of Friday, May …
A bright and loud highlight of Wrangell’s Fourth of July for many people is the fireworks show. Putting on that show is much of the reason for the fundraising raffle tickets sale run every June by …
The U.S. Forest Service has stepped up to help look for invasive European green crabs at Anan Creek and elsewhere in the Wrangell area. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game put out a call …
The school district is moving quickly to fill four open teaching positions ahead of the upcoming school year which starts in three months, with administrators expressing confidence in their …
