The Native Civil Rights leader, Elizabeth Peratrovich, who was Tlingit, helped bring an end to discrimination in Alaska in 1945. Days after she made an important speech at the Alaska Territorial Legislature’s House and Senate debates, the state designated February 16th as Elizabeth Peratrovich Day.
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KSTK is bringing back Talk on the Rock, the station’s local call in community show. It will be held on Tuesdays at 1:30. This week, host Colette Czarnecki spoke with Wrangell’s Economic Development Director, Kate Thomas, about the Home Wise Information Fair. The City and Borough of Wrangell is putting on the fair for anyone who is interested in buying a home.
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Four out of eight seats for the Wrangell Cooperative Association’s Tribal Council will be decided in an election this week. Five people are running for the four openings.
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The U.S. Forest Service decided where they will build seven new recreation cabins in Southeast Alaska within the next two years. Some will be on the road system in the Tongass National Forest for easier access. It’s part of an effort to bring 25 new cabins to Alaska’s national forests.
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The Wrangell Borough Assembly will take up a plethora of agenda items at its meeting Tuesday night, including funds for port and harbor repairs and rezoning a parcel on Wrangell Island.
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