Sept. 2, 1926

The Hudson’s Bay Hotel at Telegraph Creek, British Columbia, has closed for the season. R. D. Brunn and J. Herman finished the season’s work with a total of 169 ounces of gold. Grady and Ford also struck some very rich ground on Gold Pan and expected to do even better this season than they did last year. On McDames Creek, the Standard Mines Co. has put down nine holes to bedrock and expects to work until the close of the season. The Dease Creek Mines Co. is working with a crew of 35 men.

Aug. 31, 1951

McGillivray Brothers, of Ketchikan, was the low bidder for constructing the addition to the Wrangell Public Schools at a price of $319,369. The city has already voted to bond itself for $150,000 to help handle its share of the cost. The territory’s Public Works Department put up half the cost. Work on the new addition should begin immediately, Mayor Vern Smith said. The addition will add two classrooms, a gym, shop, lockers and showers. 

Sept. 1, 1976

Rates for passengers and vehicles on the Southeast Alaska state ferry system probably will be cut “20% across the board” for the winter season, according to an official with the state Division of Marine Transportation. The official said the lower rates would start Oct. 1 and run through May 31, an extension of the past winter season which ended April 30. The 20% cut and the longer discount were recommended by the division to Public Works Commissioner Donald Harris. Harris will make the final decision, the ferry official explained. It is expected the commissioner will approve the division’s recommendations. 

Aug. 30, 2001

The city council approved final payment to Future Rock and Gravel for the latest phase of the Zimovia Highway sewer and water extension in the amount of $91,323. The project consisted of running sewer and water lines from the north entrance of the Shoemaker Loop Road to the last residential property before the sawmill. Public Works Superintendent Bob Caldwell said the project had been halted at one point by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during the rainy season, which caused slopes to fail. It was necessary to import rock for the embankments, adding to the cost. He said 90% of the project was funded by state and federal grants.