Colette Czarnecki, Author at KSTK

Paint, press and print – gyotaku at Bear Fest

About a dozen people during Wrangell’s annual Bear Fest this summer were busy painting dead fish or drying out their fresh new prints with hairdryers in Wrangell’s Nolan Center. The room was mostly quiet, except for the hairdryer blowing and a gentle chatter between people every now and then. Fish from the Fourth of July’s Scrap Derby lay in a cooler full of ice. There’s also rubber molds of salmon and halibut on a table to the side in the large room.

Wrangell Borough Assembly votes no minimum age on micromobility devices

The vote came after months of debate on creating a city ordinance regarding micromobility devices — or e-bikes and e-scooters. The Wrangell Borough Assembly decided not to enforce a minimum age for people riding the devices, and to follow state law to reduce liability for the city and borough.

“Better than expected”: Wrangell teen on police internship

When 16-year-old Haidyn Gadd applied for a summer internship through the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, she initially wanted to work at her mom’s coffee shop.

Wrangell Borough Assembly Meeting 8/26/25

Tuesday, August 26, 2025 Location: Borough Assembly Chambers
6:00 PM

Talk on the Rock: KSTK’s general manager gives an update on how the station is affected from the clawback of federal funds

Episode 65: Last month we had KSTK’s General Manager Cindy Sweat on air talking about the threat of public media. Since then, the House and Senate did pass the recent recissions package, which defunded the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Sweat hopped on air with KSTK’s News Director Colette Czarnecki to inform the community the newest updates on how that affects Wrangell’s community radio station and other stations nationally.