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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.

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.

Swim club dives into Swim-A-Thon

Members of the Wrangell swim club will be diving into this year’s Tent City Days festival during Saturday’s Swim-A-Thon.

Forest Service re-evaluates plan for Tongass

Every five years the Forest Service must re-evaluate how it’s managing the national forests. The Tongass National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan was last updated in 2008. It’s under review again this year and the Forest Service is asking Southeast community members for their input.

Northwest quakes shake up interest

Several earthquakes have shaken up Southeast Alaska since last fall. Earthquake physicist Professor David Oglesby explains why these latest quakes are of particular interest to scientists.