Ayaquq – Harpoon Ayaqut egtaakait arwanun cuumi. – They used to throw a harpoon at a whale before. For thousands of years Alutiiq people used harpoons to hunt sea mammals in Kodiak’s rich marine waters. Harpoon points were carved from bone and fitted into a wooden shaft equipped with an air-filled float. Alutiiq people used […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — Crews from the Coast Guard Cutter John McCormick and Kake Search and Rescue assisted the crew of the 36-foot vessel Viking Queen after it became stranded in Elena Bay, 50 miles southwest of Kake, Sunday. A small boat crew from the John McCormick towed the Viking Queen into deeper water before transferring the […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump fumed at the American news media Sunday, accusing reporters of “distorting democracy” in their stories about the meeting between his son and a Russian lawyer last year. Donald Trump Jr. apparently jumped at the chance to meet with the lawyer when an intermediary told him she had incriminating information on […]
Alaska State Troopers suspect that alcohol was a factor in the fatal stabbing death that occurred in Levelock on Friday evening. AST and Alaska Wildlife troopers responded to a residence in Levelock at approximately 9:10 pm on Friday evening and discovered 37-year-old Ellis Lee Kaloke, of Eagle River, dead from stab wounds. According to the […]