Wrangell Sentinel celebrates 100 years.

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The Wrangell Sentinel's headlines have emblazoned the news for 100 years. The newspaper on Nov. 20 celebrates a century of continuous publication, the state's only newspaper to do so.

The publication plans a special anniversary issue commemorating its accomplishment, and will feature photographs from past issues, as well as commentary from previous owners and others.

The Sentinel has survived the economic booms and busts of the Southeast region-the gold rush, the fishing declines and the ban on timber harvesting. But it also has survived its own difficulties: at least two fires, a flood...