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The northern lights could be seen shining over Wrangell last week. Many people came out of their homes late at night to catch a glimpse of them. Pictured here are the lights, and the big dipper, shining over Muskeg Meadows Golf Course....
The Wrangell High School Swim Team is hard at work preparing for their first meet of the season, in Juneau on Sept. 20 and 21. They are also preparing for several fundraisers. As the school's only unsponsored team, Coach Jamie Roberts said, the swim team will need to raise about $5,000 to attend future matches after the Juneau trip. The team is planning to sell breakfast burritos early on Sept. 6 at the high school, she said, and will also put together a rummage sale later in the season. They...
Community members may have noticed an oddly-shaped shipping container sitting outside the public safety building last weekend. DeeDee Blatchley, with the Wrangell Volunteer Fire Department, said that this is a flashover burn trailer that they usually keep housed by the airport. They received the trailer back in 2001 thanks to a grant, she said. The trailer is designed to let firefighters see how a fire behaves inside an enclosed space and gives them practice putting out structure fires. The...
September 4, 1919 Arnt Sorset is erecting a two story building on Front Street opposite the Uhler block. The building is 40x80 feet at the base, while the upper story is 24x40 feet. Mr. Sorset will open a meat market in the new building as soon as it is complete. Samuel Cunningham is building a new residence on the vacant lot adjoining his present residence on McKinnon Avenue. There will be porches in the front and rear, and the building will be somewhat on the bungalow style. Special meeting of the town council was held on Tuesday evening of...
August 28, 1919 For the first time in the history of the Alaska Customs district the number of vessels documented in Alaska has passed the 1,000 mark. The close of the fiscal year, June 30 found 1,018 vessels of all sizes and classes registered with homeports in Alaska. For some years Alaska has been near the 1,000 mark in the number of vessels registered, but never quite reached it. The average size for vessels in Alaska is not large on account of the great number of small craft engaged in the fisheries. The total tonnage of the 1,018 vessels...
A section of Church Street was closed off Tuesday morning, Aug. 27, to allow Wrangell Municipal Light & Power to erect a new telephone pole. According to Rod Rhoades, with the light & power department, there are three telephone poles along the street they are replacing. This is leftover work from a project that was budgeted last year, he explained....
The Mariners' Memorial fish fry was a success, according to board president Jenn Miller-Yancey. Despite rainy weather forcing the event to relocate from Heritage Harbor to the downtown pavilion, many people came out for dinner and a silent auction. According to board member Brennon Eagle, the dinner raised $3,500 while the silent auction brought in another $1,400. The proceeds are also eligible to be matched by the board's Rasmuson challenge grant. Pictured here are board member John Yeager...
Cheryl and Cynthia Karras wearing their brand new backpacks, which they received as part of the Wrangell Cooperative Association's back to school backpack drive. The WCA received over 130 backpacks full of school supplies from the Tlingit and Haida Central Council, according to Esther Ashton with the WCA, which they then distributed to children of Wrangell's native community. Ashton added that kids from Head Start to 12th grade got backpacks this year....
Alaska Airlines' evening flight coming in for a landing around 4 p.m. last Friday, Aug. 16. Wrangell, in general, receives two flights from Alaska Airlines on a daily basis. Wrangell's airport is guaranteed air traffic as part of the Essential Air Service, a government program that ensures small communities that need air travel can receive it....
August 21, 1919 Major Jack Hamilton, “soldier of fortune” and veteran of the late war, who has been travelling through Alaska for the past ten weeks on a lecture tour, arrived here from Petersburg last evening accompanied by Madame Hamilton. He will lecture in Wrangell tomorrow night. Since coming to Alaska Major Hamilton has received considerable publicity through the press of the Territory, and there is probably not a person in Wrangell who is not already familiar with the story of his life and adventure. “Major Hamilton touched on other...
Wrangell Bible Baptist Church held its annual Back to School Skating Party at Hope Community Church of God's roller rink. Parents and kids from all over town came together to skate, have lunch, and enjoy one of the last few days of summer vacation. The first day of school for Wrangell is Tuesday, Aug. 27....
The Tongass Federal Credit Union held a customer appreciation cookout last Friday, Aug. 16. Everyone in the community was invited to stop by for a free meal of hot dogs, chips, drinks, and cookies. Pictured here (left to right) is Edna Nore, Marisa Fulgham, Arabella Nore, and Kemberly Green....
The "Over Par Princesses" at last Saturday's cancer care golf tournament. Pictured here, left to right, are Brenda Norheim, Marva Reid, Desi Burrell, and Barb Luhr....
August 14, 1919 Either the Admiral Farragut or the Spokane, formerly running from Seattle to Skagway by way of Ketchikan, will be returned to the northern run within a month, according to the announcement made by V. A. Peterson, agent of the Pacific Steamship Company at Ketchikan. “One of the two liners will make a trip as soon as the freight traffic gets heavy,” said Mr. Peterson. “Although the passenger traffic would at times warrant its return before, the San Francisco run is much more congested, and the lack of Alaskan freight traff...
John Waddington (left) sharing native stories with a tour group at the totem pole park last Thursday, Aug. 8....
August 7, 1919 Yesterday was another “still hunt,” and the federal officers after having brought a Ketchikan man to conviction by a fine of $300, began to smell booze again and going straight back to the cabin on the creek, where they found the outfit, he found another man had taken possession of the cabin and had a trunk with him. When asked if he was going to live there the man said “yes,” and that he had carpenter’s tools in the trunk. The officer commanded him to open the trunk and the contents consisted of about 40 quarts of whiskey,...
July 31, 1919 Those who have had large caches of liquor which they are selling at enormous profits have no just claim for mercy. They are not in the same position as those saloon men who had on hand, when they were out of business, wet goods the possession of which was originally lawful. The latter bought their goods to sell according to the law and they would have gladly sold it before the clock marked the ending of legal liquor traffic in Alaska. There is a spirit of fair play that tells us that these men should have had an opportunity to...
Smokey Bear made a special appearance at the Irene Ingle Library last Saturday morning for story time. Pictured here is Smokey (left) and Forest Service Intern Kelsie Alling (right) answering questions from Keian Young....
The Wrangell Community Orchestra gave a performance for Bearfest on Sunday, July 28. Pictured here is Michael Bania on the cello....
