Month: July 2012

Seventeen community members have submitted their names for the upcoming Special Election to fill the eight recalled hospital board seats. The candidates filed declarations of candidacy at City Hall along with petitions with...

Wrangell’s third annual BearFest kicks off Wednesday and runs until Sunday. The festival’s organizer, Sylvia Ettefagh, said that when planning this year’s festival, she and the committee tried to include things for everyone....

A group of Wrangell residents is trying to lower the city’s sales tax from 7 percent down to 5.5 percent. Ernie Christian is the primary sponsor of the proposed ballot measure. He said lowering the sales tax would put more money...