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.
Community
‘Tidal Network’, Tlingit & Haida’s new broadband internet service, coming to Wrangell
Wrangell is ideal because there are people with spotty service, but it’s not such a remote community that the Tribe would struggle to get people and equipment to town.
Kids help take care of chickens spending their first winter at Juneau’s youth center
At the Zach Gordon Youth Center, kids are helping take care of half a dozen chickens and collecting fresh eggs.
An Unalaska local climbed Bunker Hill more than 300 times this year
The 24-year-old says that his total averaged out to more than one climb per day for every day he’s been on island this year.
Sporadic equipment failure is leaving some travelers stranded in Yakutat
Some travelers are relying on expensive charters to get in and out of the community.
Glory Hall director awarded sabbatical for community service work
Mariya Lovishchuk said running a 70-person emergency shelter means she’s on-call all the time, and something is always happening. “In 11 years, I have not had a single day of boredom,” she said.