With a $42,000 grant from the US Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak and the Alutiiq Museum are collaborating on a study of ancestral Alutiiq rock art. The project, which started in January, is helping museum archaeologists study areas with known or suspected petroglyphs. Petroglyphs, or rock carvings, are a traditional form […]
Katie Kangas operates a bed-and-breakfast in Ruby, Alaska. On the morning of October 15, she turned to look out her picture window, toward the cabin next door. She was waiting for her client to switch the light on, at which point she would step out and deliver his breakfast. Staring out into the darkness, […]
June 27, 2020 ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) today announced 27 new cases of COVID-19. Nineteen are residents of nine communities: Anchorage (10), Wasilla (2), Bethel (1), Fairbanks (1), Juneau (1), Kenai (1), Seward (1), Willow (1) and Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (1). This would bring the total number […]
Plowing during winter storms in Turnagain Pass will be prioritized (Anchorage)—Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF) is announcing the closure of the Silver Tip Maintenance Station, located at the junction of the Seward and Hope highways. Operators from Silver Tip maintenance camp covered the Seward Highway through Turnagain Pass. The duties will now […]