Colette Czarnecki, Author at KSTK

Wrangell Borough Assembly Meeting 09/09/25

Tuesday, September 09, 2025 Location: Borough Assembly Chambers
6:00 PM

Talk on the Rock: Wrangell High School runners on cross country team and their hopes and dreams

Episode 67: Three Wrangell cross country runners, Alana Harrison, Boomchain Loucks and Jackson Carney, met with one of their coaches, Mason Villarma, at KSTK to talk about this year’s season. They also shared with News Director Colette Czarnecki why they run, how it benefits their lives and their future goals.

Wrangell Borough Assembly preview: water and wastewater treatment plant position; skeet and shooting range improvements

The Wrangell Borough Assembly will consider adding a fifth, full-time position that’s split between the water and wastewater treatment plant operations. That’s one of the items on the assembly’s agenda at its regular meeting scheduled for Tuesday night.

Local leaders stand by six-mile site for barge ramp facility

Freight is Wrangell’s lifeline, like other Southeast Alaska communities. The borough decommissioned its barge ramp earlier this year. Since then, officials have been figuring out where to put the new one. Engineers deemed he 47-year-old ramp unsafe due to its deteriorating structure.

Talk on the Rock: Ronan Rooney on the fifth year anniversary of Wrangell History Unlocked

Episode 66: Sept. 2 marks Ronan Rooney’s fifth year anniversary of his multimedia project, Wrangell History Unlocked. It consists of his podcast, a blog and a historical timeline of archival footage he’s helped uncover. He spoke with KSTK’s Colette Czarnecki about his commitment to historical storytelling, how he juggles working simultaneously on a variety of Wrangell stories and his journey throughout the last five years with the project.