
Local News
LatestWrangellites gather Friday night to support National Forest Service employees
by Colette Czarnecki | Feb 18, 2025
Close to 40 people were gathered together at the north side of Wrangell, next to the Stikine Inn. The held handmade signs, wearing warm outer layers and filling the cold air with chatter on Friday's cold evening.
Wrangell Cooperative Association organizes walk this evening for Tongass National Forest
by Colette Czarnecki | Feb 14, 2025
Throughout the country federal employees are not sure if they’ll have a job much longer, including people who work for the Tongass National Forest.
Wrangell will soon distribute cleaner water, even while waiting for last reimbursement funds
by Colette Czarnecki | Feb 13, 2025
Wrangell’s existing water treatment plant has been experiencing issues for years - too much organic material in the water and not being able to produce enough water at times.
Southeast News
LatestAt least 8 Sitka Forest Service employees fired over weekend
by KCAW Sitka | Feb 19, 2025
Forest Service techs count fish one-at-a-time as they pass through the “picket weir” at the top of...
School Board approves restructuring Ketchikan elementary schools by grade level
by KRBD Ketchikan | Feb 15, 2025
Under the newly approved plan, Houghtaling Elementary School would become only fourth through...
Talk On The Rock
LatestTalk on the Rock: Artha DeRuyter on her flower shop – On the Water Floral
by Colette Czarnecki | Feb 19, 2025
Episode 47: Artha DeRuyter is the founder of On the Water Floral in Wrangell. It's been a brick and mortar shop for about a year, but DeRuyter started it while living and arranging flowers on her boat. Once, she sold bouquets for a week out of her car. She thinks it was for Mother's Day, a busy time of the year for a flower shop. But this isn't DeRuyter's first flower shop. She also owned a shop in Fairbanks, where she's from.
Tlingit Phrase
LatestWrangell’s Tlingit Phrase of the Week
Feb 14, 2025
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. February, black bear month. Young are born.
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.
Alaska News
LatestAnchorage Assembly considers ordinance that would hold parents legally liable if their kid brings a gun to school
by APRN News | Feb 19, 2025
“We’re not telling you you can’t have these things in your home,” said Assembly member...
After fatal plane crash, Northwest Alaska communities embrace victims’ families and Bering Air
by APRN News | Feb 19, 2025
Residents in nearly 20 villages came to their airstrips last weekend to greet Bering Air planes,...
Federal fisheries council inches closer to Bering Sea salmon bycatch rule
by APRN News | Feb 19, 2025
The Bering Sea trawl sector, valued at about $2 billion, catches more chum salmon as bycatch than...
NPR
LatestDOGE released data about federal contract savings. It doesn’t add up
Feb 19, 2025
A new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR...
Trump administration yanks CDC flu vaccine campaign
Feb 19, 2025
As flu rages, the Trump administration has pulled the plug on a Centers for Disease Control and...
Judge deliberates after Justice Department pushes to end corruption case against NYC Mayor Adams
Feb 19, 2025
During a hearing on Wednesday, Judge Dale Ho questioned federal prosecutors over their decision to...
Borough Assembly Meeting
LatestWrangell Borough Assembly meeting – Feb. 11, 2025
Feb 12, 2025
Tuesday, February 11, 2025Location: Borough Assembly Chambers 6:00 PM
Wrangell Borough Assembly meeting – Jan. 28, 2025
Jan 30, 2025
Tuesday, January 28, 2025Location: Borough Assembly Chambers 6:00 PM
Wrangell Borough Assembly meeting – Dec. 17, 2024
Dec 18, 2024
Tuesday, December 17, 2024Location: Borough Assembly Chambers 6:00 PM