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The school board is holding a special meeting tonight to take action on an initiative that would provide students with laptops. This initiative would be established through a partnership with the Association of Alaska School Boards' Consortium for Digital Learning.

After 38 years of teaching, Wrangell high school teacher Patty Gilbert is retiring.

While Wrangell's Tyee Lake hydroelectric facility is conducting its annual shut down for maintenance, the city has to run on diesel generators. Since getting power from diesel generators is more costly than getting power from Tyee, the city implements a fuel surcharge to cover the difference.

Wrangell resident Clara Haley has been awarded a $5,000 individual artist project grant by the Rasmuson Foundation. The award will allow Haley the freedom to concentrate and develop her artistry as a traditional northwest coast cedar bark weaver.

Republican Gabrielle LeDoux represents Kodiak in the Alaska state legislature, and she's currently campaigning for Don Young's seat in the U.S. congress. In the past, she's spoken out on fisheries issues and benefits for Filipino vets, and she doesn't intend on stopping.