Wrangell Borough Assembly Meeting 7/8/25
Tuesday, July 08, 2025 Location: Borough Assembly Chambers
5:30 PM
Tag: Wrangell
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.
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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.
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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.
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People gather to bless the fleet at Wrangell Mariners’ Memorial in spring
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.
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