Akarngasqangcuk— Dot Akarngasqangcugmek pilirluku.—Mark a dot. Small, round carved or painted dots are a common motif in Alutiiq graphic design. Artists use akarngasqangcuk, “tiny circles”, to embellish everything from hunting gear to clothing and ceremonial gear. Look carefully at the painted details of masks, or the embroidery along the cuff of a parka and you […]
UPDATE: The remains of Vanton Pettigen were recovered on Saturday mid-day approximately 25 yards from where his wife’s remains were recovered on Friday. ORIGINAL: Alaska State Troopers report that the search for the missing Anchorage couple that disappeared on Friday and have been the focus of SAR efforts by various agencies have found and recovered one of […]
Today, the Anchorage Police Department divulged the identities of the suspect and victim and further details in the Tuesday homicide that took place outside of the Alaska Mental Health Consumer Web building at 1248 Gambell Street. According to the APD investigation, the victim in the fatal incident was identified as 61-year-old Dwayne English and his killer […]
The December 2018 close approach by the large, near-Earth asteroid 2003 SD220 has provided astronomers an outstanding opportunity to obtain detailed radar images of the surface and shape of the object and to improve the understanding of its orbit. The asteroid will fly safely past Earth on Saturday, Dec. 22, at a distance of about […]