Author: kstkadmin

The southeast Alaska drift gillnet season kicked off Monday with the first opening of the Stikine River king salmon fishery.

Wrangell's timber industry may get another chance at life with the help of Polaris Management. Since last year, representatives of Polaris have been in discussion with Dick Buhler about buying the Wrangell sawmill. And they approached the city council at a special meeting last Thursday with a request for financial assistance.

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.