SOUTHEAST LOG 10-9-21

 

SOUTHEAST LOG 10-9-21

Borough manager resigns

WRANGELL - Borough Manager Lisa Van Bargen has resigned. Van Bargen's last day will be October 29. She was hired in 2017. THE WRANGELL SENTINEL

Woman dies in fire, explosions

WHITEHORSE - The RCMP investigating multiple explosions and a fire which killed a woman near Dawson City last week. Cam Sigurdson, 62, died at her Old Bonanza Road home. THE WHITEHORSE DAILY STAR

District still first in testing

SKAGWAY - For the fifth year in a row the Skagway School District has placed first statewide in math and English language arts tests. For four years it has also led in science, but this year's sciences results have been temporarily delayed. THE SKAGWAY NEWS

COVID patient evacuated in middle of the night

HAINES -   A Coast helicopter had to evacuate a 70-year-old Haines resident to Juneau at three am last week. Officials said man was suffering from COVID 19. It was the first reported COVID evacuation for a local resident. THE CHILKAT VALLEY NEWS

Store reopens

PETERSBURG - The Hammer and WIkan Convenience Store has reopened after a three-month closure after it was given a makeover. The store was the first store opened by John Hammer and Andrew Wikan, a century ago. THE PETERSBURG PILOT

Juneau superintendent tops in state

JUNEAU - School Superintendent Bridgit Weiss is having a heck of a year. This summer, she was lauded by Time magazine as one of 29 educators nationally dealing with the COVID epidemic. Now, she has a new statewide award. She has been named Alaska's School Superintendent of the Year. THE JUNEAU EMPIRE

Mask requirement remains in place

SITKA - The local COVID mask requirement will remain in place for the next six months if the COVID level remains "high" in the community, the borough assembly decided on a 4-2 vote last week. The mandate requires masks to be worn in most public places. THE DAILY SITKA SENTINEL

Businesses not at pessimistic

WRANGELL - Local businesses are not as pessimistic about the economy as those in other communities, according to a recent survey. just about half of the Wrangell businesses surveyed by Rain Coast Data were pessimistic about the future. That number was lower than in Ketchikan, Hoonah, Skagway and Haines. THE WRANGELL SENTINE:

Safe consumption site opens

WHITEHORSE - The Yukon government has opened the territory's first safe consumption site. The location - which officials hope will help stem a rapidly rising overdose rate - is in a government building on Cook Street. THE WHITEHORSE DAILY STAR

Banner cruise season projected

HAINES - Projections are for Haines to receive 88,000 cruise passengers next summer. If they hold true, it will be the largest number of cruise passengers in the past 20 years. THE CHILKAT VALLEY NEWS

Student raises $8,000+

SKAGWAY - Local school student, Mina Yee, 11, has raised more than $8,000 to benefit the local Fran Delisle Cancer Fund. Yee raised the money by hiking to Upper Dewey Lake every Wednesday in July and August. She had more than 100 sponsors for her fundraiser. THE SKAGWAY NEWS

Native land returned

KITIMAT - The federal government has added more than 600 acres of land in the Minette Bay are to the Haisla trive reserve. Officials said that the land should have been conveyed back in the 1950s, but was taken by the federal government illegally. The federal government eventually paid the tribe for the land in the 1990s and the tribe has now spent the last 25 years trying to buy it back. THE KITIMAT NORTHERN SENTINEL

Recording setting pilot visits

JUNEAU - Nineteen-year-old Zara Rutherford passed through Juneau last week on an unusual quest. Rutherford is hoping to become the youngest woman to fly solo around the world. Rutherford hopes to conclude her journey in November. THE JUNEAU EMPIRE

Makitas at ten paces?

SITKA - Police mediated a 1 am dispute between over two individuals over damage to some power tools. THE DAILY SITKA SENTINEL



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