A Kenai man was arrested on several charges Saturday morning after a Nikiski homeowner called 911 to report an attempted theft in progress, troopers reported. Troopers received the complaint at 8:39 am on Saturday. The Nikiski caller told troopers that a man was in her driveway, attempting to steal a light bar off of her […]
Skuunaq (schooner); Raa’uciq (sailboat) – Ship Skuunaq tang’rk’gka. – I saw the ship. Sailing ships were a common sight in Kodiak waters in the historic era. Russian traders traveled to Alaska aboard wooden vessels that carried men, provisions, weapons, and smaller boats for coastal exploration. The Alutiiq word for ship, skuunaq, comes from the word […]
President Donald Trump, after weeks of assailing North Korea’s nuclear weapons ambitions, said Monday he would be “honored” to meet with Pyongyang’s leader, Kim Jong Un, “under the right circumstances” to discuss the issue. In an interview with Bloomberg News, Trump declared, “If it would be appropriate for me to meet with him, I would […]
U.S. President Donald Trump, in an interview Monday, asked why the Civil War, one of the country’s seminal events, occurred in the 19th century. The history of the bloodiest war on U.S. soil is taught to school children across the country, but Trump remarked, “People don’t realize, you know, the Civil War, if you think […]