Colette Czarnecki, Author at KSTK

Talk on the Rock: Ronan Rooney on the fifth year anniversary of Wrangell History Unlocked

Episode 66: Sept. 2 marks Ronan Rooney’s fifth year anniversary of his multimedia project, Wrangell History Unlocked. It consists of his podcast, a blog and a historical timeline of archival footage he’s helped uncover. He spoke with KSTK’s Colette Czarnecki about his commitment to historical storytelling, how he juggles working simultaneously on a variety of Wrangell stories and his journey throughout the last five years with the project.

Paint, press and print – gyotaku at Bear Fest

About a dozen people during Wrangell’s annual Bear Fest this summer were busy painting dead fish or drying out their fresh new prints with hairdryers in Wrangell’s Nolan Center. The room was mostly quiet, except for the hairdryer blowing and a gentle chatter between people every now and then. Fish from the Fourth of July’s Scrap Derby lay in a cooler full of ice. There’s also rubber molds of salmon and halibut on a table to the side in the large room.

Wrangell Borough Assembly votes no minimum age on micromobility devices

The vote came after months of debate on creating a city ordinance regarding micromobility devices — or e-bikes and e-scooters. The Wrangell Borough Assembly decided not to enforce a minimum age for people riding the devices, and to follow state law to reduce liability for the city and borough.

“Better than expected”: Wrangell teen on police internship

When 16-year-old Haidyn Gadd applied for a summer internship through the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, she initially wanted to work at her mom’s coffee shop.