Alaska U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan nominated Wrangell High School senior Ben Houser to join the Merchant Marine Academy later this year. KSTK’s Colette Czarnecki met with Houser to learn about his interest in this branch of the U.S. Armed Forces and the process for getting nominated. He said it made sense for him to pursue it after growing up in Wrangell.
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“There’s really not a formal seat at the table for regional communities such as we have in Southeast Alaska,” said Southeast Conference Executive Director Robert Venables. “So, this is kind of a little bit of a new thing, and this RPO will allow the communities to have a formal seat at the table.”
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British Columbia sent a letter in late January to Alaska and Washington state Tribes informing them that the Province is proposing to amend the Environmental Assessment Act, excluding U.S. Tribes from government consultations related to environmental projects. If the proposal passes through the legislative process in Victoria, U.S.-based Tribes say the Province would essentially lock them into a lower tier of participation, which would negatively affect their communities when considering mines and infrastructure near the border.
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Wrangell’s been debating on what to do with the six-mile deep water port site after it bought the property four years ago, and the included 42 acres of uplands.
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More than 100 community members fill the Nolan Center’s (Wrangell’s civic center’s) main gathering room, chattering before Thursday’s town hall meeting.
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