On Saturday afternoon at 2:34 PM troopers received the report of an avalanche on the backside of Seattle Ridge in Turnagain, those at the location told troopers that they observed the mishap and report that a snowmachine rider, later identified as 16-year-old Tucker Challan, caused the avalanche and was subsequently buried. His remains were located […]
On Sunday night, the Alaska State Troopers received a report of an overdue Piper PA-12 Supercruiser aircraft that had not returned as scheduled. Initial information led troopers to believe that the location of the downed aircraft was either Tustumena Lake or the Kenai Mountains east of Homer. The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center and the Coast […]
Spring — Ugnerkaq 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 Alutiiq people, spring is a time of waiting as the subsistence […]
Anchorage, AK—U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) Friday issued the following statement about President Trump’s latest Executive Order, entitled Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production. Murkowski, who for years has pushed to modernize federal mineral policies to protect our security and strengthen our economy, applauded the order. “Our lack of mineral security is our nation’s Achilles’ […]