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Teddy bears and all kinds of pies

by Colette Czarnecki | Jul 14, 2025 | Featured News, Local News, Syndicated | 0

The clankety noise an oven door makes while opening up joins the sounds of apples being sliced in Olinda White’s kitchen and dining room. She’s checking on two pies in the oven – a lemon and pumpkin.

Wrangell Borough Assembly preview: sea otter management and micromobility devices

by Colette Czarnecki | Jul 8, 2025 | Featured News, Local News, Syndicated | 0

Wrangell’s assembly will consider initiating a request to federal and state agencies to immediately restore Southeast Alaska’s shellfish commercial fisheries at Tuesday’s meeting.

Wrangell’s Fourth of July boat races will soon beat the imagined heat

by Colette Czarnecki | Jul 3, 2025 | Featured News, Local News, Syndicated | 0

It’s not unusual to see boats flying above the water—literally—during Wrangell’s annual Fourth of July boat races. And this year, the action returns soon with the eighth annual competition just around the corner.

People gather to bless the fleet at Wrangell Mariners’ Memorial in spring

by Colette Czarnecki | Jul 3, 2025 | Featured News, Local News, Syndicated | 0

Jonathan Stine and his wife Shannon Dahl are standing outside at the Wrangell Mariners’ Memorial in the midst of spring among a large group of people. Many have friends and family members with them to celebrate the blessing of this year’s fleet and honoring those who’ve died at sea. They’re looking at plaques with names on them on a curved wall next to the ocean. It’s safe to say the majority of people know somebody listed on the plaque.