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WEBOct 1, 2024 · by Colette Czarnecki | Sep 26, 2024. With municipal elections approaching next week, Wrangell’s School Board is looking to fill two, three-year seats during next month’s municipal election. Three candidates are running against each other: School Board Secretary Angela Allen, contender Dan Powers and …
Wrangell Assembly preview: eliminating one tax-free day, salmon ...
WEB4 hours ago · Wrangell’s borough assembly will consider decreasing the amount of tax-free days to one per year at a public meeting Tuesday night. They’ll also consider accepting a $95,000 grant for 2020’s statewide salmon disaster. The assembly will hold a public hearing on a proposal to change the combined ...
Wrangell Borough Assembly secures official election votes
WEB1 day ago · Wrangell’s Borough Assembly certified this year’s municipal election results Thursday after the canvass board approved the ballots. They counted 99 absentee ballots, which included early in-person, electronic and by mail. They kept all of the unofficial results.
Wrangell's unofficial 2024 Municipal Election results - KSTK
WEB6 days ago · Wrangell’s municipal election was held at The Nolan Center on Oct. 1, 2024. (Colette Czarnecki/KSTK) Wrangell’s unofficial municipal election results show that voters failed Ballot Proposition 1 with 197 in favor and 240 against. As a result, assembly board members will not be able to get compensated for sitting on the assembly during meetings.
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WEBOct 1, 2024 · by Colette Czarnecki | Sep 20, 2024 | Featured News, Local News, Syndicated | 0. The National Weather Service expects two major atmospheric rivers to hit Southeast Alaska over the weekend into Wednesday. Andy Park, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Juneau, said Wrangell will have dryer conditions as compared to other southern ...
Winter storm exposed holes in Wrangell’s emergency power generation ...
WEBDec 22, 2021 · A cost estimate given to the borough assembly this month, based on a 2014 assessment, shows a generator could cost around $750,000. Instead, Wrangell’s EOC stood up a shelter in the Nolan Center after the storm. It’s on lower ground, but has backup power. Late November’s storm also took out the runway lights at Wrangell’s state-owned ...
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WEBPolice kill black bear in downtown Ketchikan. by APRN News | Oct 4, 2024 | Alaska News, Feeds | 0. Creek Street in downtown Ketchikan (Jack Darrell/KRBD) The Ketchikan Police Department shot and... Read More. 1.
City Park closed as Wrangell assesses storm damage - KSTK
WEBDec 3, 2021 · A tree crushed one of the picnic structures at City Park. Photo taken December 1, 2021. (Sage Smiley / KSTK) Wrangell residents are being asked to report property damage from Tuesday’s destructive windstorm storm (November 30) that knocked down trees and left some areas of the island in the dark, without power, for nearly two days.
Facing a new budget season, Wrangell's school board approves …
WEBDec 16, 2021 · Wrangell Public Schools’ district office. (Sage Smiley / KSTK) With the coming new year comes the need to begin drafting a new budget, and Wrangell’s school district has been without a permanent business manager to oversee the process.
Wrangell Public Schools value a balance between healing ... - KSTK
WEBDec 6, 2023 · Wrangell Public Schools swiftly moved into action to accommodate the needs of both their students and staff, who were grieving. In addition to the school district’s own behavioral health team, counselors with Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) Behavioral Health Services were also brought in. Wrangell Superintendent Bill Burr says they came from Ketchikan, Sitka and even as ...