Colette Czarnecki, Author at KSTK

Wrangell esports team embraced compassion and support this past school year

An announcer broadcasts to the few listeners in the room that eighth grader Zander Bartlett swung his third strike, calling him out.

Roald Amundsen brings in first small wave of Wrangell tourists this year

It’s a drizzly and grey day here in Wrangell. But that didn’t stop this year’s first cruise ship explorers from stepping off Hurtigruten Expeditions’s Roald Amundsen anchored away from the dock on May 8. The visitors had to get in a much smaller boat to step foot in Wrangell though. The addition of about 500 visitors didn’t make much of an impact in some of the local stores, but the island and wildlife tours brought joy to many of the tourists.

In the boatyard: Norcel

Springtime on the coast means many people spend time in the boatyard prepping their fishing boats for the season. It’s a lifestyle that they depend on to survive. KSTK’s Colette Czarnecki stopped by the Wrangell Marine Service Center to get a glimpse into the close relationships between fishermen and their boats. In the first story of KSTK’s series “In the boatyard” she first visited the Norcel, a wooden purse seiner that vessel owner Amy Schaub has spent the last 16 years with, fishing for salmon in Southeast Alaska.