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Wrangell chips away at asbestos cement water pipes, one road at a time

by Colette Czarnecki | Nov 26, 2025 | Featured News, Local News, Syndicated | 0

Underground water pipes have changed a lot over the past 120 years.

Thirty thousand messages urge B.C. to address transboundary mining

by Colette Czarnecki | Nov 18, 2025 | Featured News, Local News, Syndicated | 0

Southeast Alaska tribes and environmental groups delivered nearly 30,000 messages to British Columbia lawmakers about transboundary mining. Earthjustice, the international conservation organization Re:wild and the tribal commission said the letters encourage B.C. to pause mining developments in the headwaters of the Stikine, Unuk and Taku Rivers that drain into Southeast Alaska.

Seal processing lesson connects Wrangell students to Indigenous knowledge

by Colette Czarnecki | Nov 17, 2025 | Featured News, Local News, Syndicated | 0

A group of fifth grade students ask questions to four Wrangell High School students who had the privilege of processing a seal this past Monday with elder Henry Larsen.

Wrangell Assembly preview: SEARHC housing development, taxing leased borough-owned land and the McKinnon Street utility project

by Colette Czarnecki | Nov 12, 2025 | Featured News, Local News, Syndicated | 0

The Wrangell Borough Assembly will consider approving a proposal that would create nine residential lots out of a 3.28-acre vacant parcel.

Small business workshop coming to Wrangell this Saturday

by Colette Czarnecki | Nov 10, 2025 | Featured News, Local News, Syndicated | 0

Spruce Root, a regional nonprofit business developer, will be hosting a small business workshop this Saturday in Wrangell, called Business Basics. The workshop is designed for Southeast Alaskan entrepreneurs who want guidance with planning their business ideas.