Colette Czarnecki, Author at KSTK

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.

Wrangell assembly preview: McKinnon Street and Meyers Chuck

The Wrangell Borough Assembly tonight will consider authorizing loan applications to assist the McKinnon Street improvement project. These loans would address water and sewer utility replacement. One of the loans is at $315,719 from the Alaska Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Program. It would replace approximately 280 ft. of a six-inch asbestos cement water main.

Wrangell Borough Assembly Meeting 8/21/25

Thursday, August 21, 2025 Location: Borough Assembly Chambers
WS at 5:30 PM | Special Meeting to immediately follow

Q & A: As school begins this week, Wrangell’s new superintendent anticipates a collective vision for education

Wrangell Public Schools begins school Thursday and the new superintendent, Joshua Garrett, has been in the office since early July preparing.

Talk on the Rock: Media makers and educators Brian Hockenstein and Laura Davies on working with students and stories

Episode 64: Wrangell Public School teacher Laura Davies and documentary filmmaker and photographer Brian Hockenstein from British Columbia met earlier this year at the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival. She brought two of her students who made documentaries to the festival. Shortly after meeting, she asked Hockenstein to visit Wrangell during the summer and work with the students for a week on visual media. In June, he sailed to the island from Vancouver and worked with the students in late July. Davies also organized a film screening at The Nolan Center during that week on a variety of Hockenstein’s work, where he talked to the community about the process and his experience making those films.