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Tent City Days Postcard: Marian Glenz

Wrangell’s annual Tent City Days festival was last weekend. This is one in a series of audio postcards KSTK’s Shady Grove Oliver sent back from the event. In this postcard, Gold Rush Flea Market vendor Marian Glenz speaks about her best friend’s doilies, her own books, and remembers her husband and his woodwork.

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Tent City Days Postcard: Canning

Wrangell’s annual Tent City Days festival was last weekend. This is the one of a series of audio postcards KSTK’s Shady Grove Oliver sent back from the event. In this postcard, Mable McMurren speaks about the award-winning homemade jellies, jams, and other canned goods at her Gold Rush Flea Market booth.

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Tent City Days Postcard: Black Sheep Soapworks

Wrangell’s annual Tent City Days festival was last weekend. This is the first in a series of audio postcards KSTK’s Shady Grove Oliver sent back from the event. In this postcard, local soap maker Jamie Townsend speaks about her craft at her Gold Rush Flea Market booth.

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On board the Wave Venture, Alaska’s cable repair ship

There are thousands of miles of fiber optic cables snaking along the ocean floor. They bring telephone service, television, and the internet to much of world. When an earthquake struck off the coast of Southeast Alaska in January, the cables that provide Internet to Wrangell were damaged. A cable repair ship, called the Wave Venture, was called to help.

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August 25, 2026 Tsunami Presentation - Wrangell Borough Assembly Chambers

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