Russell Oliver Williams, one of the Kotzebue residents targeted in a joint investigation between the Western Alaska Alcohol and Narcotics Team and the Kotzebue pled guilty to charges of Selling Alcohol without a License in a Local Option COmmunity and was sentenced to 11 months on May 30th, 2014. The investigation that began in October of 2013 […]
A man is in jail with no bail set after a traffic stop by Alaska State Troopers for multiple equipment and moving violations early on Sunday morning. Troopers pulled over a 2003 Hyundai Accent at 12:57 am on Sunday near Iliamna Drive in Wasilla. THe officers contacted the driver, 25-year-old Wasilla Michael Yunker. It was […]
NaRiaciik (N); NaRaciik (S) – Boat Captain Kugyasigtaangama naRaciyutaallianga. – When I was fishing (seining), I used to be a captain. (Click sentence to hear Alutiiq words spoken.) The Alutiiq word for boat captain, naRiaciikor naRaciik, comes from Russian. It includes a small capital R to indicate an “r“ sound, as in the English […]
Department of Fish and Game staff conducted the second year of a two-year predator control program May 13-24 in Unit 19A designed to increase the number and harvest of moose in the unit. The program was approved by the Board of Game at the request of local hunters concerned about low moose numbers. ADF&G Staff […]