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Students fill the gym with music at annual Winter Concert
On a snowy winter evening, this past Tuesday, parents and other Wrangellites sat on the high school auditorium bleachers waiting for middle and high school students to perform their Winter Concert. Both the music and the weather made it seem appropriate for the holiday season.
Wrangell digs out after heavy snowfall, with more coming
Snow dumped hard in Wrangell on Tuesday and Wednesday, more than 18 inches, prompting Wrangellites to help each other shovel. Some said the winter storm was unprecedented.
Elections
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Wrangell’s unofficial 2025 Municipal Election results
Wrangell’s municipal election held two contested races, that being the school board and the borough assembly.
Southeast News
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Congress approves reauthorization of Secure Rural Schools funding
Secure Rural Schools payments go to municipalities with large amounts of untaxed federal land —...
Rare birds in Sitka spark excitement ahead of annual count
A Dickcissel spotted in Sitka in mid-November (Marc Kramer/Birding By Bus) Two different birds...
Special on KSTK
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Talk of Alaska – The Future of Public Media in Alaska
Listen to the Tuesday, September 16th Talk of Alaska from Alaska Public Media. With federal...
Talk On The Rock
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Talk on the Rock: Sara Michalski on prophetic messages and missionary work
Episode 77: Author and missionary Sara Michalski spoke with KSTK's Colette Czarnecki about some of her experiences with supernatural powers by way of her faith. While in town from Seattle area, she spoke at Touch Point Alaskan Ministries and Harbor Light for her book tour. Wrangell was her last stop. During the conversation, she spoke about being charged for smuggling Bibles in Russia for 10 years, but she said the judge let her go after 21 days in 1976.
Talk on the Rock: Audrey Cotter and Scott Dickerson on the Alaskan Gypsy and boat life
Episode 76: Audrey Cotter and Scott Dickerson have been spending a lot of time in Wrangell's boat yard over the past couple months. They bought the Alaskan Gypsy in Ketchikan and chose Wrangell's Marine Service Center to fix it up. Cotter and Dickerson share their experiences with KSTK's Colette Czarnecki on Wrangell, living on a boat and their future plans. They just put the Alaskan Gypsy back in the water and will motor away from the island community for a little while. They’ve been documenting their boat life experience on their YouTube channel, The Alaskan Gypsy Life.
Community
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Bouncing Back with Yazmin Adams
Join Yazmin Adams and Cindy Sweat in conversations about mental health with some great music mixed in the conversation. Find all of the episodes here.
Alaska News
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Alaska News Nightly: Friday, December 12, 2025
A review of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impacts in Alaska found significant racial disparities.
Anchorage officials say online survey for new municipal seal was manipulated
Anchorage IT staff say over 2,100 responses were logged in under an hour, leading officials to...
6 years after school fire, Kaktovik’s new gym will be a place for home games, feasts and funerals
The gym is the first step toward rebuilding the Harold Kaveolook School, which burned down in...
NPR
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‘She’s awesome’: How U.S. veterans helped Venezuela’s Machado escape
In a daring nighttime martime operation, U.S. veterans whisked Venezuela’s María Corina Machado out of the country to claim her Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo
A momentous week as Syria celebrates lifting U.S. sanctions and a year without Assad
As they mark the first anniversary of toppling Bashar al-Assad’s regime, Syrians also celebrate another coming milestone: the lifting of sanctions, which could help give the country a new start.
The Justice Department has now sued 18 states in an effort to access voter data
The Department of Justice has sued four more states as part of the Trump administration’s far-reaching attempt to access sensitive voter data. The DOJ is also suing Fulton County in Georgia.
Borough Assembly Meeting
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Wrangell Borough Assembly meeting 11/12/25
Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at 6:00 PMLocation: Borough Assembly Chambers
Wrangell Borough Assembly Meeting 10/28/25
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 Location: Borough Assembly Chambers Work Session from 6:00-7:00 PM / Regular Meeting at 7:00 PM
Wrangell Borough Assembly Meeting 10/21/25
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 Location: Borough Assembly Chambers 6:00 PM
