Month: September 2008

The Healthy Wrangell Coalition has designation this Wednesday, September 24, as walk or bike to school or work day. The coalition encourages everyone in Wrangell to leave the vehicle at home that day and put on those walking shoes or dust off that bike.

In its third year, the Alaska Marketplace competition encourages the development of sustainable businesses by tapping into the creative and cultural knowledge of rural Alaskan residents. Of the 164 eligible applications that came in from around the state, 46 finalists have been announced, and Wrangell resident Tis Peterman is one of them. KSTK's Lisa Phu caught up with Peterman and they spoke about the Wrangell Community E-Store.

It's been a hundred years since the Star of Bengal left Wrangell for San Francisco carrying over a 130 passengers, 52,000 cases of canned Wrangell salmon, and dozens of empty oil drums. Early the following morning, a sudden September storm caused the Star of Bengal to wreck on the rocks off the southern tip of Coronation Island. Only 22 survived.

The Wrangell Museum has recently been awarded a grant from the Rasmuson Foundation. Twenty-five thousand dollars will go towards making the museum's extensive collection of photographs accessible to the public with a touch of a button.

Barometers have become a household item for many people and KSTK routinely announces the temperature and wind readings, as well as the measurements and trends of what the barometer is showing. KSTK will be airing a two part informational series on barometers and how they work. Kelley Decker spoke with Rick Fritshe (Fritch) with the National Weather Service in Juneau and brings us the first part of our two part series.