Wrangell News

Passengers board the ferry Malaspina while vehicles wait to load at the Auke Bay terminal in Juneau.

Bob Pickrell moved to Alaska before a few years before the ferry system started up.

A push by the Wrangell Assembly to move forward sooner rather than later on an analysis of the Southeast Alaska Power Agency hit a roadblock Thursday when the Ketchikan City Council rescinded its support of the idea.

Officials this week closed the annual opening, scheduled for May 15th to June 20th.

Blustery weather outside didn't stop people from attending the Alaska Marine Highway System's 50th anniversary party aboard the Malaspina Wednesday in Ketchikan.

A motion to rescind support for an analysis of the Southeast Alaska Power Agency is on the Ketchikan City Council agenda Thursday.

Can you believe that Billy the Kid, a name prominent in the history of the West, has a connection with Alaska in Wrangell? It was one of those "six degrees of separation" moments for our late museum director, Dennis Chapman, while he was reading "Billy the Kid: The Endless Ride" by Michael Wallis.

With the signature booklets fresh off the printer, opponents of a tax cut for oil companies will be able to start gathering support for their referendum on Tuesday.

Schools from around Southeast Alaska brought their music to the capital city earlier this month at the annual Southeast Music Festival.

In Juneau on Tuesday, canoes were launched for an 8-day trip to Wrangell for the rededication of the Chief Shakes Clan House.

Many of my friends have stories of encounters with an octopus, that tentacle-legged mollusk of the seas.

As robins arrive in the spring so, too, do Wrangellites flock to the Nolan Center for Wrangell's annual Health Fair.

Wrangell Republican Rep. Peggy Wilson said this year's legislative session was difficult.

The Juneau Empire reports two teams from the One People Canoe Society are scheduled to leave from Douglas Island on Wednesday.