The finest musicians representing high schools across Southeast Alaska will gather in Wrangell for the 2025 Honor Music Festival Oct. 26-28. More than 100 band and choir students have been …
Schools Superintendent Joshua Garrett will host “Community Conversations” at 7 p.m. Nov. 20 and Dec. 4 at the Nolan Center to gather public input on the district’s purpose, how students are …
Seventh-grader Ayla Harris wasn’t enrolled in the filmmaking elective at Stikine Middle School last year, but that didn’t stop her from knocking on a door, pitching a project and teaching herself …
Hunters set a new record with 143 moose taken in the Wrangell-Petersburg area this fall. That breaks the record harvest of 141 moose set in 2023 and easily beat last year’s take of 131. The …
After the latest catastrophic storm hit Western Alaska, displacing more than 1,500 people, killing at least one and leaving villages in ruins, residents face an existential crisis. Will the wide …
The state of Alaska is appealing to the federal government for help as it copes with its largest disaster in years. Five days after the storms hit, Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Oct. 16 formally requested …
SouthEast Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) has submitted plans to the Haines borough to construct a hospital, medical clinic and employee housing on 12 acres. Phase 1 of the project, which …
Responding to requests for more information from the planning and zoning commission and the community about its proposed wireless tower at 13-Mile, Tidal Network reported at a public meeting it …
Under a break in the rain the second week of October, Mike Hoyt swings his adze in steady rhythm, shaving ribbons of wood from a cedar log that will soon join the line of story poles in Totem Park. …
Voters in Petersburg, Juneau, Haines and Skagway decided several sales tax and property tax measures in last week’s municipal elections, approving an assortment of tax exemptions, along with higher …
Crisp mornings and autumn leaves usher in the season of fall festivals, frights and fundraisers. Experience spooky thrills in the Haunted House at the community center gym Friday and Saturday, …
Voters elected newcomers Bonnie Ritchie to the school board and Dan Powers to the borough assembly, in addition to returning six incumbents to public office in the Oct. 7 municipal …
Though the federal government shutdown jeopardizes the program that subsidizes scheduled air service to more than 170 cities nationwide — including Wrangell and Petersburg — Alaska Airlines has …
The Salvation Army has been gathering, filling and distributing Thanksgiving food boxes and Christmas gifts for children for years — and the need keeps growing. Last year, The Salvation Army …
On Dec. 18, 2007, Boomchain Everett Loucks was born on his family’s couch in Whale Pass, a town on Prince of Wales Island measured at 31 people in the 2010 census. The story has kept getting …
Wrangell voters reelected two incumbents and a newcomer in contested races for borough assembly and school board seats. Liz Roundtree was elected to another three-year term on the school board, along …
Wrangell officials say the community could power itself for an extended period if the Tyee Lake hydroelectric station goes offline, thanks to a fleet of borough-owned diesel generators — one of …
For the second year in a row, community donations have covered the cost of sending students to state competition. After the school board announced in late 2023 that the district could no longer …
The borough and the Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, which operates Tidal Network, have entered into an agreement for free public Wi-Fi at Shoemaker Harbor. The new …
Ronan Rooney is marking the fifth anniversary of exploring local history through podcasts and essays on his website Wrangell History Unlocked — and now with recognition from the Alaska …