Author: Sage Smiley

Board of Fisheries to consider moving Southeast meeting back to Ketchikan

The meeting was originally scheduled for early January in Ketchikan, but was postponed and moved to Anchorage over COVID concerns.

Wrangell elementary, middle school students protest district mask policies

A group of Wrangell elementary and middle school students – some accompanied by their parents – walked out of class Friday morning to protest the public school district’s requirement that they wear masks indoors.

Borough stops reporting Wrangell’s active COVID case count

Local officials say they’re concerned the active case count paints an inaccurate picture as more and more people use at-home tests, and COVID data reporting changes in the state.

Wrangell assembly offers borough manager position to Jeff Good, current interim manager

Once Good’s contract is approved by the assembly, he will officially transition into the borough manager role.

SEARHC permanently closes Wrangell’s Alaska Crossings program

SEARHC announced Wednesday in a written statement that the wilderness expedition program would be permanently closed, effective immediately, and resources consolidated with its other adolescent residential treatment program – Raven’s Way – in Sitka.