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Public input wanted on cabin management strategy
WRANGELL — The Wrangell Ranger District is hosting a public meeting at the James & Elsie Nolan Center in Wrangell on May 31 from 7-8 pm in order to...
By 21st annual Wrangell Birding Festival set for next week
WRANGELL — Wrangell’s annual birding festival is gearing up for a week of activities late next week. This year’s Stikine River Birding Festival will...
Sullivan urges USCG to retain Petersburg assets
WRANGELL — Sen. Dan Sullivan stopped into Wrangell for a lightning tour Friday, arriving on the morning jet and taking off that afternoon for Ket...
Forest Service taking ideas for new Tongass project
WRANGELL — The Forest Service held a public input session with Wrangell residents last week, as it puts together ideas for a 10- to 15-year project to...
Four Scouts earn Eagle Scout honor
Four Petersburg young men were awarded the Eagle Scout honor at a ceremony on Monday, coming after...
FS project being planned for Petersburg-Wrangell districts
WRANGELL — The United States Forest Service is developing a new initiative for the Wrangell and Petersburg districts, encompassing state and p...
The year in review: 2017
January The Borough assembly started approval of a program called Local Improvement Districts,...
Final decision on Wrangell Island timber sale announced
WRANGELL — The regional forest supervisor with the United States Forest Service issued a final decision on the Wrangell Island timber sale project o...
Wrangell assembly to seek consultant for hospital future
WRANGELL — At its regular meeting Tuesday, the Borough Assembly approved moving ahead with seeking a consultant on the hospital’s future, while membe...
Wrangell timber sale to be scaled back, decision expected next week
WRANGELL — A final decision on the Wrangell Island timber sale is expected out next week, wrapping up years of deliberation and planning. Citing obj...
Alaska tourism businesses ask Congress to increase funding
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) —Tourism leaders in Alaska are asking Congress to increase U.S. Forest Service recreation funding. Tourism leaders representing 4...
U.S. Government, Alaska trust have two-year deadline for land swap
PETERSBURG, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Mental Health Trust and federal government have a bunch of work that needs to be done before a land swap a...
Plans to move contaminated soil halted by Forest Service
WRANGELL, Alaska (AP) – State plans to store contaminated soil near a recreation area in the Alaska Panhandle could be stalled by the U.S. Forest S...
Forest Service, Alaska Native corporation transfer land
SITKA, Alaska (AP) – The U.S. Forest Service and an Alaska-based Native corporation announced the transfer of 12 square miles (31 square k...
Yesterday's News
June 29, 1917 – After July 3, according to a law passed at the late session of the territorial legislature, a preliminary to marriage will be the s...
Guest Commentary:
This Congressional legislation was enacted for the purpose of establishing an area within the...
Tempers flare during constituency visit
Petersburg was paid a visit by longstanding United States Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) on Monday, part...
Letters to the Editor
Fluoridation proven safe To the Editor: The safety and effectiveness of community water fluoridation has been scientifically proven and documented...
Celebrating Spring at the Stikine River Birding Festival
WRANGELL – The Stikine River Birding Festival celebrates the spring arrival of migratory birds, including hundreds of thousands of shorebirds to t...
Assembly against federal land transfer
The Petersburg Borough Assembly approved a resolution opposing H.R. 232 — an act sponsored by Alaska Congressman Don Young that would transfer up to 2...
Editorial: Take the land
We find the Borough Assembly’s opposition to H.R. 232 to transfer up to 2-million acres of the Tongass National Forest to the State of Alaska very s...
Resolution opposing federal land transfer to be rewritten
The Petersburg Borough Assembly tabled a resolution opposing H.R. 232—an act sponsored by Alaska Congressman Don Young that would transfer up to 2 m...
Letters to the Editor
Rethink flouride To the Editor: I would like to request the Borough reevaluate its practice of adding fluoride to our water supply. It is time to...
Alaska Mental Health Trust and USFS land exchange bill introduced in Juneau this week
The bill giving the green light to an exchange of thousands of acres of land between the Alaska Mental Health Trust and the U.S. Forest Service was...
Snagged for weeks, land exchange bill back on track
A snag in Sitka that was holding up progress on a state bill to help the Alaska Mental Health Trust with its land exchange — and thereby prevent l...
