(Anchorage, AK) – The Office of Special Prosecutions completed its review of an officer-involved shooting from Feb. 24, 2025, involving Akugaq Leavitt and North Slope Borough Police Department (NSBPD) Officers Donovan Chappell, John-Ashton Swope, and Mark Pelia in Utqiagvik. The review determined that Officer Chappell was justified in his use of deadly force against Mr. Leavitt, […]
Video footage appeared to show Iranian missiles striking Tel Aviv as residents were warned to take cover in bomb shelters. Iran on Friday reportedly fired hundreds of ballistic missiles toward Israel, and smoke was seen rising from the city of Tel Aviv as Tehran began its retaliation for the large-scale attack that Israel’s military committed just hours earlier. […]
The red line the government has failed to set. Hundreds of thousands of people dressed in red marched through the streets of The Hague on Sunday to demand more action against the “genocide” in Gaza. NGOs such as Amnesty International, Save the Children, Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), and Oxfam organized the demonstration, which ran through […]
Cat — Kuskaq Kuskat qungutuartut.—Cats are pets. The lynx (Lynx canadensis) is the only species of wild cat found in Alaska and it is not indigenous to the Kodiak region. In the Alutiiq world, lynxes are found in the wooded environments of the northern Alaska Peninsula, Kenai Peninsula, and Prince William Sound. They subsist on […]