Aug. 27, 1925
Further favorable reports from various claims both above and below the discovery as well as the discovery claim itself were received in Wrangell on Monday when the Hazel B No. 2 arrived from Telegraph Creek, British Columbia. The passengers reported that the entire Cassiar district is excited over the results from the recent developments on Gold Pan Creek. J. G. Galvin, one of the best known mining men in Alaska, who has had a wide experience in placer mining, arrived here direct from the diggings, where he has been looking over the new paystream for the past two weeks. Practically everybody on the creek is either shoveling in or getting ready to shovel in, and there is every reason to believe that Gold Pan Creek will give a good account of herself between now and freeze-up.

Aug. 25, 1950
A new Alaska Steamship Co. triple-season reduced-fare round trip tariff and an improved fall and winter passenger steamer schedule were announced this week by H. N. Peterson, general traffic manager of the line. “We are introducing these special fares,” Peterson said, “in order to give Alaskans and the general public the best possible rates during the fall, winter and spring seasons when the demand for tourist space is not at its peak.” New and interesting itineraries have also been arranged under this new schedule. The Baranof, set to sail from Seattle every second Friday, will call at Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg, Juneau and Seward, northbound, and at Sitka, Juneau and Ketchikan southbound.

Aug. 27, 1975
The waterfowl hunting season opens Sept. 1 and regulation pamphlets and shooting timetables are now available at Department of Fish and Game offices and license vendors. The bag and possession limit remains the same as last year: six game ducks for the daily bag limit and 18 in possession. Hunters 16 or over need an Alaska hunting license and a federal duck stamp. Rifles or pistols may not be used to take waterfowl. Shotguns must be plugged to three-shell capacity or less, and hunting is not permitted from aircraft, motor driven vehicles or from motor driven boats until its motion from the motor has ceased.

Aug. 24, 2000
The city council, mayor and a large group of Wrangell property owners met with Army Corps of Engineers representative Jan Stuart in the council chambers just before the regular city council meeting. The purpose of the workshop was to allow a public forum for discussion of the Corps’ requirements regarding the development of Wrangell’s wetlands. Mayor Fern Neimeyer said, “These regulations could stop Wrangell cold.” The Corps’ permitting process is known to be time consuming and could be a difficult process if it turns out that the many pieces of property sold to private citizens since 1995 are in violation of the laws restricting development of wetlands. According to Stuart, owners may develop their property without consulting the Army Corps of Engineers provided they do not use “mechanized land clearing, remove muskeg and replace it with fill,” or dig holes that are then filled with rock or a similar substance.