The board voted 4-2 against moving the meeting back to Ketchikan despite dozens of comments urging it to hold the meeting in Southeast Alaska.
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Fishing groups hold hope and skepticism before first bycatch task force meeting
The task force will study the impacts of bycatch on what it calls “high-value” state fisheries.
Board of Fish will consider moving Southeast meeting back to Ketchikan
The board is asking for public comment on whether to move the postponed meeting back to Ketchikan after originally rescheduling it for Anchorage.
SEARHC closes wilderness program for at-risk youth in Wrangell
Alaska Crossings has been anchored on the island for more than two decades. It is one of Wrangell’s largest private sector employees.
Ketchikan and Wrangell are running out of at-home COVID tests
At-home tests are in short supply across the country and throughout the state.
November wind storm left much of Wrangell’s critical infrastructure in the dark
There’s not backup generation for Wrangell’s water treatment plant. The water plant stopped filtering and treating source water from the reservoirs for a few hours during the November outage.