October 31, 1918
The Common Council shall appoint a health officer, who will hold office during the pleasure of the Common Council. The health officer may, whenever he deems it necessary, examine all persons entering the Town of Wrangell, from any place when said officer has reason to believe there are any cases of cholera, yellow fever, smallpox, or other contagious or infectious diseases. The health officer shall make it his duty to investigate all cases where it is alleged that cases of communicable, infections, or contagious diseases are said to exist. Whenever he may deem it necessary, he may remove any person having such communicable, infectious or contagious disease, and the expense of said removal shall be paid by the Town of Wrangell.
October 22, 2018
Chairman Mansfield of the House rivers and harbors committee said this week that 200 non-controversial navigation works estimated to cost two hundred and fifty million dollars, would be proposed by his committee for construction after the war. Among the items tentatively approved, he said, are: Wrangell harbor dredging, $189,000; Metlakatla harbor dredging, $160,000; Craig mooring basin, $80,000; Meyers Chuck harbor rock mound breakwater, $25,000; and Wrangell Narrows widening and deepening channel, $2,731,000.
October 24, 2018
The $1.9 million Wrangell airport was officially opened for traffic on Friday.
In a dedication program that drew state and federal officials from throughout Alaska, the 5,050-foot gravel runway was opened to traffic. But, state aviation officials report that Green Construction Co. crews have some minor work to complete before
the airport is officially accepted by the state. Approximately 200 persons attended the program, which centered around a speaker’s
platform on the parking apron. The high school band provided music for the occasion. Prior to beginning of the program, the new
runway was buzzed by floatplanes from Wrangell and Petersburg.
October 28, 1993
Secret goose housing is going up on Wrangell Island. If you don’t like the idea, tell the Forest Service, but they still won’t tell you where the artificial nesting sites are to be built, except to say they are in the vicinity of Earl West Marsh. The Forest Service announced this week that District Ranger Keene Kohrt decided to build 10 artificial nesting sites, small platforms attached to tree trunks near streams, estuaries and wetlands on the island, at undisclosed locations. The platforms are raised, as Vancouver Canada geese prefer, and are designed to protect them from predators.
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