Following a lengthy ABI investigation that was initiated in February, Alaska State Troopers report that they have made an arrest in the suspicious death of 35-year-old David Wasson, who was found in an abandoned house in Fairbanks. On February 24th, troopers responded to an abandoned house in Fairbanks at 4 am in the morning after […]
This June, George Divoky will refurbish a cabin that sits on a lonely gravel island north of Alaska. He was not planning a remodel this year. Sometime during the winter, a polar bear tore through a plywood wall of the cabin Divoky moved 20 years ago to Cooper Island. Cooper Island is a crescent of […]
JUNEAU – On Sunday, April 24, Alaska will celebrate the first annual Vic Fischer and Jack Coghill Constitution of the State of Alaska Day. April 24 recognizes that day in 1956 when the citizens of Alaska ratified the Constitution of the State of Alaska, “guaranteeing that the individual will always be in-charge” and enshrining our […]
Qutirluni – To beachcomb Caqimek ikugtaartukut qutiyaqamta. – Whenever we go beachcombing, we always find something. Kodiak’s windy shores provide a wealth of resources, from blue mussels and bull kelp to birds’ eggs. However, not all of the valuable items found on the beach are from the archipelago. Islanders have a long history of beachcombing, […]