Author: Angela Denning, CoastAlaska

Listen: Wrangell town hall landslide meeting – Nov. 25, 2023

Wrangell and state officials gave the community an update on the status of the landslide at a meeting at the high school gym, Nov. 25. Listen to the meeting here.

State identifies three killed and three still missing in landslide

The body of 16-year-old Mara Heller was recovered Monday night. Her parents, 44-year-old Timothy Heller and 36-year-old Beth Heller, were recovered Tuesday.

State begins debris removal while continuing to search for victims of deadly landslide

State officials announced Thursday that teams have searched every place they can without the use of heavy machinery. The response strategy is now moving from “an active search to a reactive one.”

Update: Search for missing people after fatal Wrangell landslide continues through Thanksgiving Day

At the slide site, search and rescue dogs will be searching atop the slide debris and from small boats along the shore where the slide ran off into the water.

Wrangell rallies around residents affected by landslide

“It’s just such a tight-knit community that you know, you always know somebody or somebody affected by whatever happened during a tragedy on an island like this,” said Mike Lewis who owns Tiny Taxi.