One year ago, in a world with the same mountains and valleys but feeling very different, we made a discovery. My wife, daughter, two neighbor kids, three dogs and I were out enjoying the freedom of crust skiing, when cold overnight temperatures freeze a melting snow pack. A hard top-layer forms allows skiing anywhere, […]
Kaugya’aq—Fox Kaugya’arsurlinuk.—Let’s (two of us) go fox hunting. Kodiak is home to several varieties of fox (Vulpes vulpes). Coastal habitats support both red-furred animals as well as their darker cousins the silver and cross fox. Foxes are one of the region’s six indigenous land mammals, present in the archipelago for thousands of years. They occur […]
Alaska State Troopers report that they are still working to determine the cause of a fatal crash at mile 13 of the Steese Highway near Fox that occurred on Thursday afternoon. Troopers responded to the scene after receiving a report of the rollover crash at 3:05 pm. According to the call-in, at least one person was […]
President Donald Trump on Wednesday again questioned why, if Russia was interfering in the 2016 U.S. election, former President Barack Obama and his administration did little to thwart it and why they are not now being investigated. Trump virtually demanded his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, undertake an investigation of Obama and officials in that administration. […]