Search underway for multiple vacancies in Wrangell

WRANGELL — The hunt is on for a whole crop of high-level management positions in different city departments.

The City and Borough of Wrangell is in the early stages of finding replacements for the heads of the Nolan Center, Wrangell Municipal Light and Power and Public Works, plus the city’s top accountant and a newly-created maintenance lead position.

The tidal wave of turnover started on April 16, when WMLP superintendent Clay Hammer stepped down in order to head projects for Southeast Alaska Power Agency. City manager Lisa Von Bargen reported the search for his replacement may have to go ba...