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WRANGELL NARROWS — The conversation and good-natured banter among the wheelhouse crew on the bridge of the Columbia transitions to silence as the 418-foot ferry nears Neal Point, ...

A wake from the Alaska state ferry Columbia caused a small skiff to capsize in the Wrangell Narrows near Petersburg. The event happened Sunday at about 7:30pm. Three people in the skiff were ...

The pleasure of zooming south on Wrangell Narrows in Walt’s comfortable 28-foot cabin cruiser is worth a lot, too, especially if the sun is shining, a rare event in persistently wet southeast ...

The pleasure of zooming south on Wrangell Narrows in Walt's comfortable 28- foot cabin cruiser is worth a lot, too, especially if the sun is shining, a rare event in persistently wet southeast Alaska.

The U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday’s collision involving a 58-foot fishing boat and a 20-foot skiff in the Wrangell Narrows threw the woman and another person into the water.

A dwindling ferry schedule over the last 10 years has been a source of frustration for many coastal Alaska communities. In Wrangell, that frustration has been taken to the next level this winter ...

After seeing clearcuts along the shore, and some towns heavily influenced by the timber industry, heading from Wrangell up towards the Wrangell Narrows near Petersburg, I gave a lecture/discussion ...