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For an island community, barges are a lifeline. In order to have barges come in, a town needs to have a good barge facility. With Wrangell's barge ramp being over thirty years old, harbormaster Greg Meissner is concerned about the future. KSTK's Lisa Phu reports.

One day in the not so distant future, Wrangell resident may want to have a picnic on the city dump. Turning the dump into a grassy knoll is currently in the works. KSTK's Lisa Phu spoke recently with public works superintendent Carl Johnson about the city's landfill project.

Earlier this month, three Wrangell high school students accompanied by three adults went up to Juneau to lobby for Wrangell schools. To ensure that Wrangell's schools had a voice, these students had to exercise their own. KSTK's Lisa Phu talked to seniors Allie McMurren, Rebecca Armstrong, and junior Sam Comstock about their recent experience in Juneau.

Alaska Crossings, a division of Alaska Island Community Services, will be running their seventy-fifth program in the beginning of March. KSTK's Lisa Phu talks with assistant director Lucy Robinson about how Crossings is celebrating this milestone event.

The Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, or SEARHC, has recently renamed their Juneau Medical Center as the Ethel Lund Medical Center. Born and raised in Wrangell, Lund graduated from Wrangell High School in 1949 and went on to become one of the most influential figures in Native healthcare in the region. KSTK's Lisa Phu files this report.