Raspberry, Nagonberry — Puyurniq April-rem puyurnit pingaktaarai. – April always likes raspberries. The American red raspberry (Rubus idaeus) is a recent introduction to Kodiak, brought to the island in the past century. This fast-growing, fruit-producing plant thrives in thickets, clearings, and along the edge of wooded areas. It is now a local favorite. Bushes can […]
FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska – Soldiers assigned to Charlie Company, 1-52 General Support Aviation Battalion, recently performed their third aeromedical evacuation in a month, this time of an injured driver near the remote community of Livengood. Early on August 2, the unit received notification from the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center about a request from the Alaska […]
The FBI Anchorage Field Office is seeking information regarding an attempted bank robbery that took place on Thursday, August 8, 2024, at the First National Bank Alaska branch located at 1210 W Northern Lights Blvd in Anchorage. At approximately 5:38 p.m., an unknown female suspect entered the bank, produced a note to one of the […]
Now as quiet as wind whispering through grass, a plateau rising from the flats of northern Alaska was for thousands of years a lookout for ancient Alaskans. Those people later vanished, perhaps moving on to populate the Americas. A scientist is using what little they left behind to find out more about those hunters of […]