Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson, Alaska – A positive case of COVID-19 was announced today in an out-of-state resident who had recently arrived in Cordova to work seasonally for Ocean Beauty Seafoods. The case was detected during routine testing done May 1 by the individual’s employer, Ocean Beauty, while the employee was in quarantine. The […]
Photo: The Diamond NN Cannery in Bristol Bay. Image-National Park Service Historians, curators, artists and film producers will be in the Bristol Bay watershed community of South Naknek, Alaska, in late July working on projects highlighting the history of the 129-year-old NN Cannery, including a film and Mug Up exhibition at the Alaska State […]
Kodiak-based Alaska State Troopers have released the name of the Monday drowning victim on the south end of Kodiak Island on Wednesday morning. According to the trooper report posted on the trooper dispatch, at 4:30 pm late Monday afternoon, they received a report from the Coast Guard informing them of an unresponsive male, who has […]
KaanaRiim laaf’kaa’a – Cannery Store KaanaRiim laugkaa’a patumataartuq uksumi. – The cannery store is always closed in the winter time. Alutiiq families living in rural communities supplement their catches of fish and game with groceries purchased from privately run community stores or shipped by air from big chain supermarkets in Kodiak. In the past, however, […]