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Return to in-person Wrangell Assembly meetings hinges on low local case count
The new resolution allows meetings to be held in person if there are fewer than four active cases of COVID-19 in the community.
City announces 4th active COVID case in town
The city announced that the new case is in isolation, but did not provide other details or say whether the case was a close contact of the case reported on Wednesday.
New Wrangell COVID case prompts closure of schools, rec facilities
The city reports the individual had not recently traveled and is thus considered a community spread case.
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City announces 4th active COVID case in town
The city announced that the new case is in isolation, but did not provide other details or say whether the case was a close contact of the case reported on Wednesday.
Wrangell COVID-19 Update 2-24-2021
Wrangell currently has 3 active cases of COVID-19 in the community.
City announces 2 travel-related COVID cases
The Wrangell residents had recently traveled, and tested positive upon their return.
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Talk on the Rock 111: Lisa Von Bargen on the Assembly’s Landless presentation
Borough manager Lisa Von Bargen on the assembly's Landless-focused work session Tuesday evening.
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Wrangell’s Tlingit Phrase of the Week
Orca image credit - Alaska Public Media. Tlingit Phrase of the Week is a project launched to help with the survival and renewal of the Tlingit language in Wrangell. Each phrase speaks to Wrangell’s seasons and the Tlingit way of life.
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U.S. Coronavirus Infections Are Way Down — Can We Keep Them That Way?
The country has beat back the winter surge, and experts credit Americans’ improved...
British Airways Owner Calls For Digital Health Passes For Passengers
Luis Gallego, the CEO of International Airlines Group, wants “common testing standards and...
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Feds approve $50m pandemic relief for Alaska’s fishing sector
Tour operators from Breakaway Charters in Petersburg in 2017. The state Department of Fish and...
Sitka’s water export dreams face skepticism at Assembly table
Sitka’s Blue Lake Powerhouse After Bay could be the source of a multi-million dollar water export...
Petersburg assembly reinstates local health mandates despite opposition
Petersburg’s James A. Johnson Airport (Joe Viechnicki/KFSK) Petersburg’s borough assembly Tuesday...
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LISTEN: In Alaska crab boat’s deadly sinking, expert witnesses point to flawed stability calculations
Approximately 43 separate witnesses, including the survivors, other professional mariners and...
Too young for a COVID-19 shot? Now, you can get one by bringing an unvaccinated senior with you.
A person holds a vial of COVID-19 vaccine at the Alaska Native Medical Center in December. (Jeff...
University of Alaska regents give Anchorage hockey and gymnastics teams more time to fundraise
The Seawolf logo outside of the University of Alaska Anchorage Student Union. Photographed on...
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U.S. Coronavirus Infections Are Way Down — Can We Keep Them That Way?
The country has beat back the winter surge, and experts credit Americans’ improved...
British Airways Owner Calls For Digital Health Passes For Passengers
Luis Gallego, the CEO of International Airlines Group, wants “common testing standards and...
Nigerian Authorities Searching For 317 Schoolgirls Kidnapped By ‘Armed Bandits’
Police in the northwestern state of Zamfara said efforts are underway to trace the unidentified...
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Wrangell assembly meeting 11-10-2020
Read the whole agenda packet here. WORK SESSION: 6:00 PMa. WML&P Project Discussion1) AMI...
Special Assembly Meeting 11-5-2020
Click here to see the agenda packet for this meeting. CALL TO ORDERROLL CALLPERSONS TO BE...
Wrangell assembly meeting 10-27-2020
The full agenda packet is available here. CALL TO ORDERa. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE led by Assembly...
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