With Wrangell’s municipal election approaching on Oct. 1, incumbent Mayor Patricia (Patty) Gilbert and Vice-Mayor David Powell stopped by KSTK separately to talk with News Director Colette Czarnecki about what their priorities are in the public service role.
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This year’s school budget scare in Alaska has prompted Wrangell to plan early.
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It took two special school board meetings in late summer to decide on whether Wrangell Public Schools should accept federal funds in the form of a Clean Bus Grant to obtain an electric school bus. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency offered it to the school district in 2022 in order to decrease diesel emissions.
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The new online subsistence dashboard includes data on sockeye fisheries monitoring as well as wildlife regulatory changes and boundaries. There are live maps to help harvesters better navigate current regulations.
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U.S. Army Vietnam era veteran Val Cooday was one of dozens of people who paddled canoes up through Southeast Alaska’s Inside Passage this summer. They were heading to Celebration – a biennial festival in Juneau that honors the region’s Indigenous people. The voyage was healing and inspirational to some participants, including Cooday. To her, the number of paddlers seem to grow more and more each time.
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