Assembly makes quick work
of only meeting in August
The Wrangell Borough Assembly held a short meeting on August 31 and addressed just a handful of items in record time.
With Wrangell’s Mayor Don McConachie temporarily out of action as he recovers from heart surgery, just four Assembly members made short work of the agenda including just nine items of new business and no unfinished business.
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Two police officers fatally shot in
Hoonah, Wrangell offers officers
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – A standoff was under way early Monday in a Hoonah after a man fatally shot two of the village’s four full-time police officers the night before, then barricaded himself in his home, local officials said.
Hoonah police officers Tony Wallace and Matt Tokuoka died after the shooting late Saturday, said Bob Prunella, acting city administrator. Prunella didn’t know what led to the shooting but said it was witnessed by Wallace’s mother, who was visiting from Florida, and Tokuoka’s wife and children.