A major American foundation that anonymously purchased sacred objects during a fiercely contested auction in Paris last year has returned one of the pieces to Southeast Alaska Natives. The Annenberg Foundation is donating a Native panel to Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) that appears to be part of an old Tlingit bentwood box with a painted […]
A 2.29 magnitude earthquake 59 northeast of Kodiak in the Gulf of Alaska, and a maintenance error generated a Tsunami alert in Homer, Alaska Tuesday morning. The quake east of Afognak Island of Kodiak occurred at 10:13 am Tuesday morning. The warning system on the Kenai peninsula was triggered at 10:20 am. Homer’s Tsunami warning system was triggered and issued an alert that […]
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard medevaced an 87-year-old female reportedly suffering from complications associated with a lower back injury aboard the fishing vessel Annie B in Port Alexander, Sunday evening. An Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew hoisted the injured woman and transported her to awaiting emergency medical services in Sitka. Watchstanders at […]
With the public hearing in Soldotna last night, the public comment period on the proposal to close the Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 Brown Bear hunting season on the Kenai Peninsula comes to an end. In a release yesterday, the Governor’s office said, “Federal land managers have again proposed limiting Alaskans’ access to a state resource, the […]