Author: June Leffler

Wrangell Public Schools selects new superintendent

Lancaster comes from the North Slope Borough School District in Barrow, Alaska.

SEARHC offers lifeboat to sinking Wrangell Medical Center

The state reimburses the hospital for less than it costs to pay for patients on Medicaid. And Wrangell’s patients are predominately on public insurance.

Wrangell gets first pot dispensary

Plenty of Southeast towns already have dispensaries. Those include Juneau, Skagway, Petersburg, Sitka and Ketchikan.

U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan visits Wrangell

City Manager Lisa Von Bargen says Wrangell is feeling the impact of limited and delayed forest harvests. She was glad to see the budget includes a survey of harvestable young growth timber that could impact the Tongass.

Wrangell cancels it’s 65-year-old King Salmon Derby

“This time people aren’t going to be able to fish for quite a while and retain the fish. So this will get people really excited to get on the water and compete.”