Sockeye Salmon — Niklliq Nikllinek kupcuunalirciqukut. – We are going to make smoked salmon out of red salmon. Sockeye salmon, or red salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), are the first salmon to move into Kodiak’s freshwater streams each year. They begin arriving in early May and are the second most abundant salmon species. More than […]
“Republicans are trying to pull a trick this week,” said US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Democrats on Capitol Hill and voting rights advocates on Tuesday sounded the alarm about Republicans in the House of Representatives trying to push through voter suppression legislation under cover of passing a ban on congressional stock trading. According to a Tuesday report from Roll Call, House GOP leaders […]
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department announced that the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) has just released $25 million in new grant Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) to support law enforcement. Tuesday’s NOFOs are in addition to the nearly $700 million in NOFOs the COPS Office released last month in June. The recently […]
WASHINGTON — Tuesday, the Justice Department announced its authorization of the settlement of a lawsuit brought by the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) for contract support costs owed under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDEAA). ANTHC was formed in the 1990s to provide health services throughout the state of Alaska. Among […]