After a long investigation into drug smuggling into Kodiak, Alaska State Troopers made an arrest at the Anchorage airport on Saturday. After their investigation indicated that Kodiak woman, 42-year-old Tamara Jones, may have narcotics on her person, troopers arrested Jones and served a search warrant on her. Jones was taken to an Anchorage hospital, where […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued a 60-year old man Sunday after his Piper J-3 crashed, 40 miles east of Ft. Yukon Thursday. According to the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center, the pilot had not filed a flight plan, nor did they receive […]
Alaska State Troopers pursued a fleeing pickup truck down Trunk and Bogard Roads on Monday, until the chase ended in a crash near Green Forest Drive during the early morning hours. Troopers observed a maroon 1998 Chevy pickup speeding while traveling eastbound on Trunk Road at 3:15 am Monday morning. As troopers watched, the truck proceeded […]
Caguyaq – Hunting Hat Caguyaq qupuramek canamauq. – The hunting hat is made of wood. In the cool, wet Kodiak environment, hats are an essential item of clothing. Among Alutiiqs, headgear was once fashioned from many different materials. Warm, water-resistant hats were sewn from animal pelts and loon skins, woven from spruce root, and carved […]