Author: kstkadmin

Through the Wrangell Parks and Rec and the Healthy Wrangell Coalition, the parks and rec facility will now be extending their Wednesday night hours another two hours until 8 pm. This is just one component of the recently formed coalition which aims to make Wrangell a healthier community.

Two years after Kodiak first proposed their exit from the Four Dam Pool during a board meeting in Wrangell, the power agency met up again in Wrangell to discuss what progress has been made toward the restructuring.

Wrangell Seafoods, Inc. says an arbitrator has granted the company a substantial award that could help with its ongoing financial difficulties. The award stems from a lengthy arbitration involving seafood company royal Greenland.

Earlier this month, the Wrangell city council approved a collective bargaining agreement between the city of Wrangell and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, or IBEW. This means that over 20 city workers are now part of a union.

The dedication of Wrangell's Heritage Harbor took place on April 25. A crowd of about fifty people were present including members of city staff and city officials. Representatives from the Army Corps of Engineers and the Department of Transportation were on hand to give speeches, as were representative Peggy Wilson, senator Bert Stedman, and former governor Frank Murkowski. KSTK's Lisa Phu reports.