This Day in Alaskan History-May 26th, 1917
Have a Safe Memorial Day!
On the last Monday in the month of May, America stops and remembers those who died while in the U.S. military. While it has been a federal holiday only since 1971, the day has been observed since the end of the Civil War. At that time, the day was known as Decoration Day. Waterloo, New […]
Photograph, Picture-Alutiiq Word of the Week
Photograph, Picture — PatReitaq (N), PatRiitaq (S) PatRiitarnga. – Take a photograph of me. The world’s first photographs were taken in the 1830s when French scientist Louis Daguerre captured images on copperplates treated with silver and mercury. Twenty years later, in the 1850s, photography became popular in the United States with the invention of […]
River John George Aspelund Sentenced to 99 Years for Murdering his Mother
(Kenai, AK) – Thursday, Kenai Superior Court Judge Lance Joanis sentenced 24-year-old River John George Aspelund to 99 years in prison, with no eligibility for parole, for brutally killing his mother in Sept. 2022. A Kenai jury found Aspelund guilty of Murder in the First Degree, Murder in the Second Degree, Manslaughter, and Tampering […]