This Day in Alaska History-February 24th, 1917
Dog-Alutiiq Word of the Week
Dog — Aikuq (N), Sapakaq (N), Piugta (S) April mal’ugnek piugtengq’rtuq. – April has two dogs. Archaeological sites in Alaska illustrate that dogs (Canis familiaris) have been a part of Native communities for at least two thousand years, although the presence of dogs in Siberia eleven thousand years ago suggests that it may be […]
Corey Nashoanak to Serve Eight years for Sexual Contact with Minor
(Juneau, AK) – Thursday, Corey Nashoanak, 42, was sentenced on one count of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the Third Degree. Nashoanak was previously convicted based on an incident from approximately April 2019, in which Nashoanak engaged in sexual contact with the 13-year-old daughter of a woman that he was in a relationship […]
Alaska Air National Guardsmen rescue an injured cross-country skier
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen assigned to the 176th Wing rescued an injured cross-country skier Feb. 16 in Southcentral Alaska. After sustaining a head injury while cross-country skiing, the injured individual used a cellular phone to contact the Alaska State Troopers who then requested support from the Alaska Rescue Coordination […]