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A possible hit-and-run sent one man to the hospital late Monday evening, authorities said. A man said to be in his 60s was discovered laying on pavement between the L N M Services gas station and the Elks Lodge about 10 p.m., in a short alley which connects Front Street to parking lots located behind those buildings. Passersby told the Sentinel they'd found the man and called 911, but declined to be identified for the newspaper. Paramedics transported the man to Wrangell Medical Center for...
Native Alaskans will elect four of seven candidates to the Wrangell Cooperative Association’s leadership council today. The WCA is an umbrella organization for the local Alaskan Native community and maintains, among other things, the Chief Shakes House and the carving shed cultural center. The group has played an increasingly important role in civic affairs, primarily as a go-to organization to obtain funding for infrastructure projects when state or federal authorities are sometimes unwilling to foot the bill. The association appears in discus...
February 12, 1914: Wrangell is to have a new water dam. That sentence means a lot to our little city and the fact that we need one has been demonstrated several times and at last it is almost an assured fact that before another winter sets in Wrangell will be getting her supply of water from a much better way and a more practical source. During the past two weeks the City Council has had a party of surveyors under the supervision of A.H. Lawrence surveying and mapping a new dam, which when completed will be 20 feet high across the mouth and cov...
With a little help from two development groups and a Wrangell-Hoonah partnership, a local entrepreneur will see his dreams accelerate. Steve Helgeson of Wrangell and Kevin Skeek of Hoonah, were named the winners in the Path to Prosperity competition Friday, which was co-sponsored by the Haa Aani Community Development Fund, Inc., and The Nature Conservancy. The competition provides $40,000 in seed money to business plans emphasizing sustainable use of environmental resources. Helgeson had made...
It's possible to have your heart broken twice in one weekend, judging by the scores from this weekend's homecoming boys basketball games. The Wolves lost Friday night's game to the rival Vikings by two points after leading by two after the first quarter, trailing by two at the half and at the end of the third quarter by four, and pouring on a 17-point offensive barrage in the final act. In the end, it wasn't to be. The Wolves fell 47-45 in the opening to the latest chapter of the Battle of the W...
Sentinel writer The Wrangell Mariner's Memorial is presently about 3,500 square feet of black empty pavement scattered with mussel shells. It could one day be an educational space. It could one day be an artistic exhibition. It could one day be a memorial shrine. It could one day be a historical exhibit and a place for community gatherings. It could be a navigational aide. It could one day be a tourism draw, though that's not its primary focus, planners said. Wrangell Ports and Harbor...
The borough’s code review committee has started the task of revamping two portions of the borough code. The first has to do with sales tax, specifically a sales tax cap designed to shield large-ticket purchases from the tax. Until 2004, borough code had set a maximum of $84 tax for any single purchase in the borough, officials said. A set of standard and unnoticed revisions took place in 2004 which essentially invalidated it, borough manger Jeff Jabusch told the committee. From 2004 until August 2013, the borough had operated as if the code a...
More aggressive moves toward the hoop couldn't make up the difference, and the Lady Wolves lost twice on homecoming weekend. The Wrangell girls basketball team shot 61 percent from the line as a team, and scored 20 of their points on fouls, indicative of a more aggressive offensive press. The Lady Vikings answered from the field Friday – making only three trips to the free-throw line in 32 minutes – and claimed the win 42-28. The Lady Wolves would pull within three points near the end of the...
The annual Tent City Days event starts this evening with events at the Elks Lodge and Legion Hall. The event is a perennial institution in Wrangell, and features window displays by local businesses as well as a host of events designed to hit the sweet spot between kid-friendly events and events for those simply young at heart. Among the standout new events this year are Friday’s Turkey Shoot dice roll at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Elks Lodge, the Howdy Doody Outhouse 10k Fun run 9 a.m. Saturday at City Park, sponsored by Beasts of Southeast and c...
The Thomas Bay Power Authority commission elected Wrangell borough assembly member and TBPA commissioner James Stough to the commission’s presidency Monday. Stough also briefly served as chairman of the borough’s special energy committee. The election marks the transfer of the presidency from John Jensen of Petersburg, who’d held the presidency since he joined the board in 2007. Stough was appointed to the board in December. Stough has since September been publicly critical of the transfer of an operations and maintenance contract at Tyee...
About 200 men packed Harbor Lights Assembly of God Church Sunday, in part to hear a story involving a cat's posterior. The story (which doesn't bear repeating in a family newspaper) was one of dozens of earthy stories told at the 15th Annual Harbor Light Men's Game Dinner. Large amounts of free meat, door prizes, a story-telling competition and a lack of female company characterize the annual event. Local businesses donate the door prizes, local grillers donate meat and expertise. Organizers...
February 5, 1914: The Wrangell Sawmill started operations for the season this morning and it sounds good to hear the buzz of the saws, it stirs up a commotion and livens things considerable. The box factory will also start as soon as conditions are favorable. Practically the same crew they had last year is working. Manager Wilson looks forward to a busy and prosperous season, which, we trust, will be realized. The mill means a while lot to the town and from now on there will be more money in circulation, as the mill pay-roll is no mean...
A Wrangell Public Schools budget presented at the Jan. 20 school board meeting and distributed to the borough assembly shows a $219,461 shortfall. Business manager Pam Roope characterized the drafts as very preliminary, and meetings to refine the numbers are ongoing. The figures have been presented before the school board, but only as a discussion item, and not an action item requiring a vote. Since the budgeting process is only now just beginning for the 2015 fiscal year, potential cuts to programs or other things would likely take place in...
Though the feverish quest for gold may have begun in California in 1849, it migrated to Alaska in the decades to follow and Wrangell was the epicenter over the course of nearly 40 years. It began on Buck’s Bar near Telegraph Creek B.C. in 1861 when fur trader Alexander "Buck" Choquette discovered gold there. The rush was on and Wrangell would soon have its hands full of fortune seekers looking for shelter supplies and ultimately transportation up the Stikine River. Choquette’s discovery may have drawn the first attention to Wrangell but it was...
Emil Nelson Churchill passed away peacefully January 12, 2014 in Wrangell, Alaska with loved ones by his side. Emil was born February 25, 1936 in Craig, Alaska to David and Rebecca Churchill. He was the youngest of five children. One day in 1943 Emil was outside playing and got a stick jabbed through his neck and needed medical attention. The family brought him to Wrangell, and here is where they made their home. Emil attended school and played basketball on both the high school team and ANB...
John Wellons was born to Grace and Hubert Wellons, Sr. in Wrangell, Alaska on December 10, 1944, joining big brother Hoop. He was a lifelong Wrangellite, and loved this little town very much. He met Donna Loveland in 1977 and married her on May 5, 1979. His eldest daughter Luana was born in 1982 and his baby girl Melissa was born in 1984. Nothing made John prouder than being a father, and then later a Papa to his grandchildren Elizabeth and Houston. John was a jack of all trades who held many...
To the Editor: It is my understanding that the city is considering changing Brueger Street to a one-way street. Brueger Street, located right in front of city hall, begins at the north end of Campbell Drive (formally known as Outer Drive) and ends at the south end of Campbell Drive. I have seen this street become a little congested in areas, however, I would rather look at other options than changing this street to a one-way. I would rather the city consider parking only on one side or the other. Parking space is not a problem. There is plenty...
The school board presented the annual Report Card to the Public at a public hearing before the Jan. 20 school board. The document compiles testing results for the entire school system, as well as individual testing results for the component schools, down to the level of individual grades. Preliminary results showing a five-star rating for Stikine Middle School – the only traditionally structured middle school in the state to achieve the Department of Education’s highest five-star ranking – were released over the summer. The Report Card to th...
A popular Evergreen Elementary School archery program has expanded to include a dedicated Middle School program this year, the elementary school chapter has run for longer than five years. The after-school program turns the Elementary School's multipurpose room into an improvised archery range, complete with safety lines, locked doors preventing others from wandering on to the range, and the odd arrow that infrequently sails past a target and strikes the padding of a mobile basketball hoop....
PETERSBURG – The stuff you flush down the toilet might spruce up town if Petersburg Indian Association’s new compost plan works out. “It’s a lot less gross than you think,” said Jason Wilson, PIA tribal resource director. Justin Haley, wastewater-operating supervisor, and his staff calls it sludge and Wilson took a tour of the facility earlier this week. “Sludge is what we refer to it as until we take the water out,” Haley said. Haley said an average of 400,000 gallons of sludge per day flows from Petersburg’s pipes into the treatment facil...
The borough assembly voted 6-0 Tuesday to purchase a new truck. They also voted 6-0 to hold a public hearing Feb. 11 about potentially turning the high-traffic Brueger Street, which runs in front of City Hall to a high-traffic intersection between Bobs’ IGA grocery store and First Bank near the Nolan Center, into a one-way street. They also tabled an agenda item about the creation of a permanent standing energy committee, following a procedural discussion concerning a letter from TBPA manager Mick Nicholls. Assembly members voted 6-0 to add t...
