Month: March 2008

This past weekend, Jan Jonker was in Wrangell visiting with the local Elks lodge. Jonker is president of the Alaska State Elks Association. He's on a tour of all seventeen lodges across the state. One program that Jonker has implemented during his term as president is the Alaska State Elks Wounded Warrior Project. KSTK's Lisa Phu reports.

In the past month, the Wrangell fish and game office and the Wrangell police department have received many calls reporting sightings of wolves. While sightings of these wild creatures in town seem to be more prevalent this season than others, Wrangell residents don't have any more to fear. KSTK's Lisa Phu reports.

The Dolly Parton Imagination Library is kicking off its second season in Wrangell. The program, which caters to children under age five, sends one book straight to the child's mailbox every month. Close to one hundred Wrangell children participated in the Imagination Library last year, which means over one thousand books have been delivered. The best part about the imagination library is that it doesn't cost the families of the children anything. KSTK's Lisa Phu files this report.

The city of Wrangell has said multiple time that the public cold storage will be up and running for this fishing season. With construction of the facility complete, only one more thing needs to happen to make this possible – choosing the anchor tenant. KSTK's Lisa Phu files this report.

Wrangell's annual health fair is taking place this year on April 5. With pre-registration coming up in a few weeks, co-organizer Cathy Gross wants to get the word out. KSTK's Lisa Phu spoke with Gross and files this report.