Ugnerkaq – Spring Ugnerkartuq awa’i. – Spring is here. Spring is an unpredictable season in the Kodiak Archipelago. Some years, calm weather ushers in longer days and milder temperatures, but in others, winter storms pound the coast and snow falls well into April. For Alutiiqs, spring is a time of waiting as the subsistence cycle […]
Troopers report a DUI/ Endangering the Welfare of a Child arrest in an incident on Old Chena Ridge Road on Friday night. At 9:05 pm on Friday night, troopers reported that they received a call about a woman “passed out” behind the wheel of a vehicle stopped in the middle of the Old Chena Ridge […]
A Two Rivers man died from injuries at mile 12 of Chena Hot Springs Road, troopers reported on the trooper dispatch. At 1:26 am on Sunday morning, troopers received reports of a vehicle/moose collision on the road. The investigation found that the driver, 50-year-old Larry Woods and his passenger, Edith Woods, 53, both of Two […]
For the second time this week, tragedy struck the southwest Alaska community of Emmonak, troopers reported on Saturday that one of two men from the village, after going out to Middle Mouth, suffered fatal head and back injuries. The injuries were reported to the Emmonak AST and with the assistance of the local search and rescue […]