Local paper price increases to $1.50

With this week’s edition the price of both the Wrangell Sentinel and Petersburg Pilot increases to $1.50 from the $1 price charged for nearly two decades.

The Sentinel price went from $.75 to $1 in 2000. The Pilot price was last adjusted in 1995.

“We’re producing papers filled with local news produced by staff members that are recognized for the quality of their work each year,” publisher Ron Loesch noted this week.

Just this past year the Sentinel earned four Alaska Press Club honors including 2nd place for Best Weekly, while the Pilot earned three awards including Best Weekly (3rd Place) and...