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Bearfest 2026
Bearfest opens Thursday and will run for four days. There will be workshops and symposiums and...
Ray “Bubba” Sorensen II painting the Freedom Rock
An Iowa muralist landed on the island on July 20 and quickly went to work with his paint brushes...
Wrangell to receive $375,000 for waterfront projects
The state had been sitting on $37.5 million it collected but never spent over several years from...
Talk On The Rock
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House District 1 Nonpartisan Candidate, Grant EchoHawk
Grant EchoHawk is a nonpartisan candidate for House District 1. EchoHawk visited Wrangell in late...
Southeast News
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Recently appointed Sitka School Board member Kat Richards running for full term
Recently appointed Sitka School Board member Kat Richards has filed to run for a full term. Richards works for the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium as a nurse educator, and is a former Sitka School District employee....
Public urged to be bear aware at Redoubt Falls
The U.S. Forest Service and Sitka Tribe of Alaska are urging fishermen, subsistence harvesters, and visitors to practice bear safety at Redoubt Falls. Several brown bears, including two sows with cubs, are frequenting the lake’s...
Expert says parametric insurance could be an option to protect against landslides in Southeast
Alien abduction insurance, hole-in-one coverage for a golfer, and zombie apocalypse protection. Which one is a real insurance policy? Insurance specialist Jaclyn de Medicci Bruneau says all of them.“Even though some may be...
Recreation & Road Report
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Recreation and Road Report for 7/27/26 – 7/31/26
Here is the weekly Recreation and Road report for July 27-July 31. Road Conditions,...
Alaska News
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Petersburg’s Dan J. Sullivan will be on the ballot for U.S. Senate. What are his policies?
Petersburg Sullivan said he has mixed feelings about how he appears on the ballot and maintained...
Two major projects could reshape mental health care for Mat-Su youth
The new facilities will offer in-patient mental health care and transitonal beds for youth.
Low catches close Southeast commercial Dungeness crab season three weeks early
The amount of Dungeness crab fishermen caught at the beginning of the season was the lowest amount...
NPR
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Ripple effects: After Hearn, three others have their Reflecting Pool charges dropped
Prosecutors dropped their case against David Hearn on Friday, blaming Reflecting Pool damage on a...
With U.S. doors shutting, Cubans turn to Brazil for asylum
For years, many Cubans hoping to leave the island looked to the United States. Now, with legal...
Photos: Wildfires in Spokane lead to thousands of evacuations
Wildfires in Spokane have destroyed hundreds of homes and led to evacuation orders for 60,000...
Borough Assembly Meeting
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Wrangell Assembly Waterfront Development Work Session and Regular Assembly Meeting on 7/28/2026
The Wrangell Borough Assembly met on July 28th, 2026, in Assembly Chambers for a Waterfront...
Wrangell Borough Assembly Meeting – Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Wrangell Borough Assembly Regular meeting of Tuesday, June 23, 2026, in Borough Assembly Chambers at Wrangell City Hall.
Wrangell Borough Assembly Meeting 6/9/2026
Regular Meeting of the Wrangell Borough Assembly 6:00 pm June 9, 2026 CALL TO ORDERa. PLEDGE OF...
