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Wrangell Borough Assembly preview: sea otter management and micromobility devices
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
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.
Southeast News
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Wet weather system to hit Sitka on Thursday
(NWS Photo) An atmospheric river will saturate the outer coast on Thursday (7-10-25), hitting the...
July 4 search for missing man in Sitka yields no new information
A missing poster shows a photo of Jedidiah Kowchee who was reported missing in Sitka on Dec. 15,...
Talk On The Rock
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Talk on the Rock: KSTK’s General Manager Cindy Sweat on what the rescissions package looks like for public media
Episode 59: Public media is facing a threat these days, as the House passed a rescissions package on June 12. It would eliminate $1.1 billion in approved funding for public media. That funding would normally go to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which helps fund many public media outlets, including ours here at KSTK. The station's General Manager Cindy Sweat spoke with News Director Colette Czarnecki to give more of an idea of what defunding public media looks like and what it might mean for our rural communities.
Talk on the Rock: Mike Hoyt and Tony Harding on carving totem poles for the upcoming totem pole raising
Episode 58: The first totem pole raising event since 38 years ago will happen this month, July 18-20. Many people are traveling to Wrangell for the celebration, leaving little vacancy in the island's lodging. Over the past year, the Wrangell Cooperative Association has brought in master carvers to help teach apprentice carvers. Two of them, Tony Harding and Mike Hoyt, who is also WCA’s totem pole project manager chatted with KSTK's Colette Czarnecki on their carving experience, the history of totems on Wrangell and what to expect during the event.
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.
Recreation and Road Report
Listen to, or read, the Recreation and Road Report for July 7 through 11.
Alaska News
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At this safety demo, Anchorage residents aim their bear spray at a foam target
The goal was to let participants actually practice using bear spray — so that if they run into a...
Shoes off at the airport? TSA gives the pesky rule the boot
For nearly twenty years, most air travelers in the U.S. have been required to remove their shoes...
Nome judge who mocked accents should be reprimanded, commission says
Superior Court Judge Romano DiBenedetto did not dispute the Alaska Commission on Judicial...
NPR
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Who Will Become the Next Supreme Leader of Iran?
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is 86 years-old and his political power is...
Diocese of San Bernardino issues dispensation saying Catholics who fear ICE don’t have to attend Mass
The diocese is the first in the national to issue a special dispensation because of fears over...
Supreme Court blocks part of Florida’s immigration law
Immigrant rights organizations sued the state arguing that its new law conflicts with federal...
Borough Assembly Meeting
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Wrangell Borough Assembly Meeting 7/8/25
Tuesday, July 08, 2025 Location: Borough Assembly Chambers 5:30 PM
Wrangell Borough Assembly Meeting 6/24/25
Tuesday, June 24, 2025 Location: Borough Assembly Chambers Work Session from 6:00 – 7:00 PM / Regular Assembly Meeting at 7:00 PM
Wrangell Borough Assembly Meeting 6/10/25
Follow the agenda and listen to the Wrangell Borough Assembly Regular meeting of 6/10/25 here.
