Local News
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Wrangell will receive $43 million boost from federal gov
Wrangell’s efforts to add to its downtown waterfront, develop the former 6-Mile Mill property for...
WCA in final steps to create climate adaptation plan
Wrangell’s tribal government, the Wrangell Cooperative Association, is taking the final steps to...
Unofficial election results for Wrangell, AK
Voters on Tuesday elected incumbent John Yeager to remain on the borough assembly, with newcomer...
Local Election Coverage
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Gablehouse drops out of School Board Race
Franki Gablehouse said she “made the difficult decision to withdraw my name from the school board...
Mechel Meek 2026 port commission candidate
Mechel Meek, who lives aboard a 48-foot motor yacht at Wrangell’s Heritage Harbor, has met boaters...
Job Openings
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KSTK Station Manager Position Open
KSTK is hiring a part-time Station Manager to lead and support the station. KSTK is a local...
Southeast News
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Ketchikan code change allows for removal of borough appointed officials
Ketchikan’s borough offices are in the White Cliff Building (KRBD staff photo) More than a dozen...
FCC comment deadline Oct. 13 on future of school internet subsidy
A federal program that lowers internet bills for some public institutions across the country is under review. If it’s cut, the Sitka School District would lose out on some funding.The E-Rate program is a Federal Communications...
Birders listen to songs of the Tongass on Sunday strolls in Sitka
Gulls snatch salmon from Kaasda Héen (Indian River) during an early October morning. (KCAW/Salemo) Listen to the sound rich feature. A group of birders stood still, their eyes fixed on the knotted roots of a spruce tree. “Looks...
Alaska News
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American public rejects lifting the Roadless Rule, Alaska timber industry in favor
99% of online public comments oppose a Roadless Rule rescission. The timber industry said it probably won’t open up much of the Tongass National Forest to logging.
Rare albino caribou calf photographed for what might be the first time in Alaska
Sightings like this are almost unheard of. The last record Fish and Game has is from 1976, when someone watched an albino calf from the Porcupine Herd through a spotting scope for about two minutes. No photos were taken.
Kelly Hunt investigation leads Anchorage detectives to Shaktoolik
The 19-year-old went missing in Anchorage in January while traveling back to college in...
NPR
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Opinion: Can I keep the baseball I caught?
What would you do if you caught a baseball during the MLB playoffs? Give it to a kid nearby or...
The U.S. last held a public execution in the 1930s. The Pentagon wants to change that
The Pentagon says it will livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan at Fort Hood, the...
U.S. working to reverse an Egyptian man’s third-country deportation to Africa
The Trump administration’s effort to return Ahmed Soliman to the U.S. come after an Arizona...
Borough Assembly Meeting
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Regular Borough Assembly Meeting of September 22, 2026
The Wrangell Borough Assembly met in Assembly Chambers for a regular meeting on Tuesday, September 22, 2026. Read the agenda and listen to the meeting here.
Regular Borough Assembly Meeting for Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Tuesday, September 08, 2026 Location: Borough Assembly Chambers 6:00 PM CALL TO ORDERa. PLEDGE OF...
Wrangell Borough Assembly Meeting & Tsunami Presentation 8-25-2026
The Wrangell Borough Assembly met in Assembly Chambers on Tuesday, August 25th, for a Tsunami...
