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LatestMaster weaver, Holly Churchill, taught week-long workshop this spring
by Colette Czarnecki | May 10, 2024
Master weaver Holly Churchill of Ketchikan visited Wrangell during the last week of March. She instructed a group of people to weave traditional Haida hats out of cedar bark. The group spent 40 hours at the Wrangell Cooperative Association Cultural Center, preparing the cedar strips and keeping the plant material hydrated. The final step was the actual weaving. Some students have weaved before while others not-so-much. In addition, other students have more practice with Ravenstail weaving, which uses animal fibers, not cedar.
Wrangell residents have until May 20 to apply for FEMA disaster assistance
by Colette Czarnecki | May 8, 2024
Wrangell residents have until May 20 to apply for Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster assistance. The financial assistance is for the deadly landslide that happened last November.
Microplastics in Wrangell’s harbors? High school students affirmed the findings.
by Colette Czarnecki | May 7, 2024
Senior Alisha Armstrong and her classmates compared microplastics in two of Wrangell’s harbors by collecting water samples from Reliance Float and Heritage Harbor.
Learning Tlingit Language
LatestMia’s Gift
by kstkadmin | Sep 2, 2022 | Learning Tlingit Language | 0
Mia's Gift is a local podcast created and hosted by Mia Wiederspohn of Wrangell, Alaska. Mia's Gift teaches Tlingit language, preserves a precious culture, educates and delights. Enjoy!
Application of Learning Tlingit Language
by kstkadmin | May 24, 2021 | Learning Tlingit Language | 0
Join teacher Virginia Oliver and Beginning Tlingit Language student Mia Wiederspohn and learn Tlingit phrases, words, vowels and consonants.
Talk On The Rock
LatestTalk on the Rock: Sue Bahleda on faith, music and trivia. Plus a trivia challenge.
by Colette Czarnecki | May 7, 2024
Episode 11 of Talk on the Rock. Sue Bahleda talks with KSTK's News Director about her role as a pastor at Island of Faith Lutheran Church in Wrangell. She also chats about how she and her husband, Bill, made it to Southeast Alaska from Michigan, which involves her own journey from being an American Sign Language interpreter to ministry. She discusses the church's community movie nights and her love for movie scores, show tunes and trivia. Later on in the show we surprise her with a trivia match that she plays with the Wrangell Sentinel's reporter, Mark Robinson.
Talk on the Rock: Kevin Gadsey talks about domestic violence prevention through W.E.A.V.E
by Colette Czarnecki | Apr 30, 2024
Episode 10 of Talk on the Rock. Kevin Gadsey works for the Wrangell Cooperation Association's new domestic violence department, W.E.A.V.E. - Wrangell Eliminating Abuse and Violence via Education. He speaks about the program's vision and the process to make the advocacy work possible. He also discusses the May 5 event that will remember and honor Missing and Murdered Indigenous People.
Southeast News
LatestSoutheast Alaska not ready for a hatchery-only king fishery study finds
by KRBD Ketchikan | May 9, 2024
A 45.8-pound king sits on ice during Petersburg’s salmon derby in 2015. The community has not held...
Ketchikan’s primary homeless shelter is stopping overnight service
by KRBD Ketchikan | May 8, 2024
Ketchikan Creek swells after heavy rains in late 2019. (Eric Stone/KRBD) Ketchikan’s only 24-hour...
Tlingit Phrase
LatestWrangell’s Tlingit Phrase of the Week
May 2, 2024
Tlingit Phrase of the Week is a project launched to help with the survival and renewal of the Tlingit language in Wrangell. Each phrase speaks to Wrangell’s seasons and the Tlingit way of life. May, tenth month.
Alaska News
LatestAnchorage mayoral runoff election: Q&As with Dave Bronson and Suzanne LaFrance
by APRN News | May 11, 2024
Incumbent Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson and former Anchorage Assembly chair Suzanne LaFrance have...
Key senators skeptical royalty relief proposals would boost Cook Inlet gas output
by APRN News | May 10, 2024
The Alaska State Capitol on March 25, 2024. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media) Key state lawmakers...
Alaska U.S. House candidate Begich gets Freedom Fund endorsement
by APRN News | May 10, 2024
Nick Begich III at 2022 candidate forum (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) The race for Alaska’s...
NPR
LatestStudent protests caused mostly minor disruptions at several graduation ceremonies
May 12, 2024
From California to North Carolina, students staged chants and walkouts over the weekend in protest of Israel’s ongoing military offensive in Gaza.
A tribe in Maine is using opioid settlement funds on a sweat lodge to treat addiction
May 12, 2024
Hundreds of Native American tribes are getting money from lawsuit settlements with opioid...
Kenya’s Samburu boys share a sacred bond. Why one teen broke with the brotherhood
May 12, 2024
After initiation rites – including circumcision – the boys leave their families to take charge of...
Borough Assembly Meeting
LatestWrangell Borough Assembly Meeting April 23, 2024
Apr 24, 2024
Listen to the Wrangell Borough Assembly meeting of April 23, 2024 here.
Wrangell Borough Assembly Meeting April 9, 2024
Apr 10, 2024
Listen to the Wrangell Borough Assembly Meeting of Tuesday, April 9, 2024 here.
Wrangell Borough Assembly Meeting of March 26, 2024
Apr 1, 2024
Listen to the Wrangell Borough Assembly meeting of March 26, 2024 here.City and Borough of WrangellBorough Assembly Meeting AgendaTuesday, March 26, 2024 – 6:00 pm
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