The Wrangell community expects the U.S. Army to apologize this Saturday for bombarding the Tlingit village, Ḵaachx̱aana.áakʼw, in 1869. This counts as the third bombardment apology by the U.S. government held in Southeast Alaska over the last few months, the other two were in Kake and Angoon.
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Wrangell’s first, traditional four-way stop signs went active at 6 a.m. Tuesday morning at the St. Michaels and Church St. intersection. The solar powered flashing lights quit functioning during the first hour because it was not exposed to enough sunlight. But that wasn’t much of an issue for long, according to Police Chief Gene Meek. He said there were a few violators on that first day.
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Wrangell’s district art and social emotional learning teacher at Evergreen Elementary, Tawny Crowley, was helping students make clothes.
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The lack of accessible veterinary care when the vet isn’t around has been on many pet owners’ minds in Wrangell. And some have gone through traumatic experiences for end-of-life solutions. This isn’t new in rural Alaska.
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The sound of the loud outboard motor made its way towards calmer water in the Eastern Passage as four of us wearing binoculars voyaged in the rag top roof aluminum scow, or smallish type of flat bottom fishing boat. We’re a portion of the 15 dedicated Wrangellites searching for what feathered creatures were flying around.
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