Jan. 7, 1926
Wrangell is able to report to the world a climatic phenomenon in that the present winter in this section of Alaska is so mild that beautiful roses are now in bloom out in the open yards along the streets of Wrangell. During the past week while the steamers were in port there was a stream of passengers to the yard of Eddie Kalkins on Front Street where beautiful white roses are in bloom out in the open. There are several roses to be seen near the site of the old Sanitary Cannery. A number of residents have taken Kodak pictures of roses in bloom in Wrangell in January. And as prima facie evidence of the mildness of Wrangell’s climate, one woman sent some roses by mail to relatives in Canada.

Jan. 5, 1951
The town of Wrangell has completed arrangements with Heibert Brothers at Vank Island for the delivery of approximately 13,000 feet of float logs to the town by Jan. 7 or 8. They are to be used in the construction of one 50-foot section of float near the Reliance Shrimp Cannery and the 250-foot approach linking the floats across the bay with the beach with an approach to the road near the oil companies. According to Mayor F. G. Hanford and city engineer Frank Zepp, approximately four men will be hired to commence work on the floats. Mayor Hanford plans a trip to Juneau in January and at that time will endeavor to procure funds for more float sections badly needed in the harbor.

Jan. 7, 1976
The Wrangell post office has new first class stamps on sale this week, and at a record price of 13 cents. Postal rates went up Dec. 31 and the dime-plus-three-pennies charge for mailing a plain letter was included, up from 10 cents. The increase was the sixth of the U.S. Postal Service in the past 17 years. In Washington D.C., the postmaster general has said the rate increase, caused by inflation, probably will be far from the last. He said the letter rate could go up to 15 or 17 cents by 1977 and 23 cents by 1980. Despite the increase, the postmaster general said, the postal service is expecting the biggest deficit in its history this fiscal year. Presently, the service is losing an average of about $7 million per day, it was noted.

Jan. 4, 2001
Is Wrangell going to the dogs? Some fishermen would like to see it happen. They met on Dec. 18 to discuss plans to persuade the Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association to build a hatchery to raise chum, or dog, salmon and to release them in Anita Bay. Brennan Eagle, organizer of a meeting for fishermen, says that a hatchery, to be built at a yet undetermined location in Southeast, could release 60 million to 100 million chum a year with returns of 1.5 million to 3 million. Such an operation would help local fishermen who could fish nearby rather than traveling long distances to fish, and would attract out-of-town fishermen who would not only fish nearby but would use Wrangell facilities to sell their catch and Wrangell businesses as their suppliers.