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Progress made on Wrangell Mariners' Memorial walls
WRANGELL — Groundwork for the Wrangell Mariners’ Memorial has come to a halt for winter, but progress has still been made recently. Jenn Miller-Ya...
Dr. Zink "cautiously optimistic" in COVID update
WRANGELL - Dr. Anne Zink, Alaska's chief medical officer, called in to a special meeting of the...
Fallen trees knock out power in Wrangell
WRANGELL - Due to stormy weather Wrangell saw through the night and morning of Monday and Tuesday,...
Public Safety Building repairs covered in special Wrangell assembly meeting
WRANGELL - The Wrangell Borough Assembly held a special meeting last Thursday night, Nov. 19, to...
Salmon harvest down 44% from 2019
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has released preliminary data on state salmon harvests for...
Coast Guard makes rescue south of Wrangell
WRANGELL - The Coast Guard pulled a man out of the water last Sunday evening, Nov. 1. The incident...
Wrangell assembly holds workshop on water treatment plant
WRANGELL - The Wrangell Borough Assembly held a workshop last week, Oct. 20, to discuss the water...
Judge dismisses Valvoda lawsuit against Wrangell
WRANGELL - A lawsuit brought against the city by a Wrangell resident has come to a close, after...
Cape Fanshaw transmitter repaired
The weather information transmitter at Cape Fanshaw has been repaired after being out of service...
Wrangell preliminary election results
WRANGELL - Tuesday, Oct. 6, was election day for Wrangell. Polls closed at 8 p.m., with the...
Structural instability detected in Wrangell Public Safety Building
WRANGELL — The Public Safety Building has been a topic of much discussion and concern to city...
Wrangell Wildlife Trooper and family moving south
WRANGELL - The Freeberg family moved to Wrangell in April of 2019. Kyle Freeberg moved here to take...
Wrangell responding to HAA5 levels in water
WRANGELL — In last week’s assembly meeting, Borough Manager Lisa Von Bargen reported that the...
Wrangell school board reprimands superintendent, establishes improvement plan
The Wrangell School Board held a special meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 9, to continue their discussion of a formal reprimand and improvement plan for...
Wrangell School board discusses Juneau shopping trip in special meeting
WRANGELL - The Wrangell School Board held a special meeting Monday, Aug. 24, to discuss recent...
Alaskans for Better Elections campaigning for new election rules
WRANGELL - Shea Siegert, campaign manager for Alaskans for Better Elections, recently spoke to the...
Coho derby kicks off tomorrow, halibut derby on Labor Day weekend
WRANGELL - Wrangell's annual coho and halibut derbies are just around the corner. The coho salmon...
Wrangell Salvation Army offering services in time of COVID-19
WRANGELL - In March, when the COVID-19 pandemic first began to impact Alaska, many local businesses...
Wrangell comes together in memory of Deckers
WRANGELL - Last week, four people died in a car wreck in Petersburg. Among them were two...
Three new COVID cases over four days in Wrangell
WRANGELL - Three new cases of COVID-19 were announced in Wrangell over a period of four days this...
Ranger district planning for Roosevelt Harbor restoration project
WRANGELL - The Wrangell Ranger District is beginning the planning process for a restoration of the...
New food security project starting up in Wrangell
WRANGELL - "Concern" is a common theme in the COVID-19 pandemic. People are concerned about their...
Three cities go dark in early morning power outage
The cities of Wrangell, Petersburg, and Ketchikan all suffered a power outage in the early morning...
Questions remain around former Wrangell police officer
WRANGELL - In early June, the Wrangell Sentinel received several emails regarding one of the city's...
Fishermen volunteering at Wrangell seafood processor
WRANGEL - Several local fishermen have been volunteering their time and energy, more so than usual,...