May 2, 1918
Hon. P.C. McCormack is today circulating a petition to the Postmaster General that the Humboldt Steamship Company be awarded a mail contract. Considering that the present mail service is so very irregular it is earnestly hoped that the steamer Humboldt will be added to the small list of vessels carrying mail between Seattle and Alaska. The large number of cablegrams sent from Wrangell each week at a heavy expense would be reduced more than half if Wrangell had a regular mail service.
April 30, 1943
Edmonton Brig. Gen. O’Conner, head of the Northwest Service Command, declared in an interview this week that traffic conditions on the Alaska Highway are surprisingly good for this time of the year and reiterated previous statements that completion of the highway is planned for the coming season. The road will be graveled but not oiled or asphalted, he said. The spring break-up carried out five or six bridges on the highway, including temporary spans across the Peace River near Fort St. John.
May 2, 1968
The hunting season on seal closed in the Panhandle yesterday. Closing at the same time was the ptarmigan and snowshoe hare seasons, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game reminded hunters. Seal skins being shipped from the state must be accompanied by a fur export permit, as do all pelts of fur animals. These permits are available free of charge at post offices and Fish and Game offices. As warmer weather approaches most hunting seasons come to a close. However, brown bear, black bear, wolf, squirrel, and blue grouse provide the Panhandle with a variety of spring hunting. Hunters may consult their game regulations for particulars on these species before heading afield.
April 29, 1993
It was announced in the April 27 edition of the newspaper that Bob Hatting and Linda Langdok would become the new publishers effective May 1. Hatting and Langdok decided not to conclude the agreement, and the Wrangell Sentinel stays under the ownership of Alvin Bunch and Ann Kirkwood.
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