More than 10,000 known Alaska landslides or landslide-related events are documented in a new state inventory intended to help improve understanding of risks and what can be done to improve safety. …

The Alaska Board of Game, which sets hunting limits and regulations, will convene for a five-day meeting in Wrangell in January to consider a long list of proposals for changes to the rules for …

The school board will form an ad hoc committee to look for additional funding for the district, shifting the district’s focus from cost-cutting to revenue growth as it plans for an uncertain …

The Trump administration is planning to close some U.S. Forest Service offices in Alaska under a national reorganization announced this summer by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. Public comment on …

The polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, at the Nolan Center, for voters to select three assembly members, two school board members and three port commissioners. Early, or …

Doing the math from sales taxes turned in by out-of-town merchants, Wrangell shoppers placed orders totaling more than $7.5 million online, by phone or mail in the fiscal year that ended June …

Despite near-record job levels, the region is losing working-age families due to a lack of affordable housing and child care, among other factors, a consultant told delegates to the Southeast …

SEARHC will host its annual Wellness Fair from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 11, at the Nolan Center. This event brings together SEARHC and community-based resources to provide access and support for …

The Marine Service Center opened almost 20 years ago, and though its reputation for quality work gets better with age, the boat haul-out equipment gets older. The Port and Harbors Department should …

Antonio Silva, 39, is in his 13th year of commercial fishing — long enough to gain experience but not so long that he has forgotten what it’s like as a young fisherman. “I’m at the age now …

Winston Davies has commercial fished for 30 years, the past 20 years as owner of his own vessel. He’s also taught the past 22 years, much of that time as the high school shop teacher after years of …

Bonnie Ritchie mostly has homeschooled her three children, though her two oldest kids are attending Wrangell schools this year. It was when she enrolled her two teenagers that she decided to get more …

“I’m really passionate about education,” said Brittani Robbins. She dreams about adequate state funding for local school district operating budgets and legislation to address the backlog of …

David Wilson, who is serving his ninth year on the school board, is running for another three-year term. He wants to continue working toward a long-term solution to the district’s financial …

Liz Roundtree is finishing up a three-year term on the school board and is seeking reelection to a second term. She also is seeking more public engagement with the board. “I thought there would …

The borough assembly voted unanimously Sept. 23 to authorize withdrawing $424,153 from Wrangell’s almost $12 million savings account to pay for future Parks and Recreation capital …

The borough assembly on Sept. 23 unanimously pushed back the deadline to bid on residential lots in the Alder Top Village (Keishangita.’aan) subdivision from Oct. 31 to Dec. 1 to accommodate delays …

Albert Rinehart said he is settling into his role as tribal administrator for the Wrangell Cooperative Association, emphasizing continuity, collaboration and cautious growth as he charts the path …

The decline of logging in Southeast Alaska’s Tongass National Forest is reverberating all the way to Astoria, a neighborhood in Queens, New York City, where Steinway & Sons builds pianos in one of …

This year’s Permanent Fund dividend of $1,000 will start going into Alaskans’ bank accounts on Oct. 2 if they filed their applications online and requested direct deposit and were approved as of …