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Parents, teachers urge Wrangell school board to prioritize staffing over librarian hire
Parents and teachers expressed frustration and concerns with Wrangell School District’s proposal to hire a K-12 librarian at last week’s school board meeting.
Wrangell firefighters respond to late-night trailer fire
The Wrangell Volunteer Fire Department responded to a fire at the Nugget Trailer Court early Friday morning. There were no reported injuries.
Southeast News
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After another weekend of searching, families of missing men call for community support
Search and rescue crews continued to look for two missing men near Sitka over the weekend....
EDM duo turn the tables on a new era of rave culture in Sitka
(From left to right) Dominique Smith and Ethan Vastola pose in their studio holding up haze fluid, which has been unused due to shipping delays in their haze machine (KCAW/Cotter) On a sleepy and snowy Thursday afternoon,...
Talk On The Rock
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Talk on the Rock: Jack and Jackson Carney on winning state championship in wrestling
Episode 79: The Wrangell Wolves made another triumph this past weekend, where the boys wrestlers brought home their first ever state championship in the Division II finals. They wrestled in Anchorage at the 2025 ASAA/First National Bank Alaska Wrestling State Championships. Coach Jack Carney and his son Jackson Carney talked with KSTK's Colette Czarnecki about what this past weekend was like. Both shared their visions for the team, how they won and the hard work that got them to championship. On top of bringing home their first state championship award, they also received the Sportsmanship Award and the Division II Coach of the Year Award. The coaches of all participating teams voted Jackson as the Division II Outstanding Wrestler.
Talk on the Rock: Sarah Scambler on library events, loaning more than just books and archival information
Episode 78: It's wintertime but that's not stopping the Irene Ingle Public Library from being active and open. Library Director Sarah Scambler chatted with KSTK's News Director Colette Czarnecki about events the library will be soon hosting, like the Winter Reading Program for Grownups and Craft and Chat. Scambler also talked a little bit about archives she found from the Wrangell Sentinel that she found fascinating about the history of Wrangell.
Community
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Bouncing Back with Yazmin Adams
Join Yazmin Adams and Cindy Sweat in conversations about mental health with some great music mixed in the conversation. Find all of the episodes here.
Alaska News
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Anchorage man tests positive for mpox, the first case in a year
The man is isolated and is unlikely to infect others, but state epidemiologists are urging clinicians to test anyone with symptoms and report cases to the state.
Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, December 24, 2025
Normally at odds over fish and game, Safari Club members and Kipnuk subsistence hunters share a...
1 dead after South Anchorage mobile home fire
Anchorage Fire Department officials say they received a report of the fire at around 5 a.m....
NPR
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Top Instagram reels from Goats and Soda in 2025: Plumpy’Nut, aid cuts, soccer grannies
Our most-viewed Instagram videos include reports from a Rhode Island factory that makes special food for malnourished children and from a tournament for soccer-playing “grannies.”
U.S. strikes ISIS in Nigeria. And, holiday shopping was higher than expected
The U.S. has launched a “deadly strike” against Islamic State fighters in northwest Nigeria, according to Trump. And, holiday spending was higher than expected this year.
Should the U.S. model its vaccine policy on Denmark’s? Experts say we’re nothing alike
The Trump administration wants to revamp U.S. childhood vaccination recommendations to align with some other peer nations, including one tiny country in northern Europe.
Borough Assembly Meeting
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Wrangell Borough Assembly meeting 12/16/25
Tuesday, December 16, 2025 Location: Borough Assembly Chambers 6:00 PM
Wrangell Borough Assembly meeting 11/12/25
Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at 6:00 PMLocation: Borough Assembly Chambers
Wrangell Borough Assembly Meeting 10/28/25
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 Location: Borough Assembly Chambers Work Session from 6:00-7:00 PM / Regular Meeting at 7:00 PM
