Episode 19: There is all the time one thing occurring in Wrangell, resembling incoming funds for initiatives and typically vital climate. Borough Manager Mason Villarma spoke with KSTK News Director Colette Czarnecki about what the brand new plans are for the realm. He mentioned town has acquired $40 million {dollars} in funding to this point this 12 months. Some of those funds embrace revitalizing the port, bettering faculty infrastructure and dealing on an emergency entry street.
Villarma additionally spoke in regards to the Emergency Operation Plan, which is being labored on. Regarding pure disasters, he mentioned that the Alaska Department of Transportation put in an area climate station close to the location of the landslide final November, at 11 miles of the Zimovia Highway. Current knowledge from climate stations could be discovered within the National Weather Service Weather and Hazards Data Viewer and NWS Timeseries Viewer.