ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard medevaced a 70-year-old man with an eye injury from Noyes Island approximately 34 miles from Klawock Tuesday. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Sitka transported the man to awaiting medical personnel in Sitka. Sector Juneau command center personnel received the request for medevac from the crew of […]
An earthquake measuring a magnitude 7.9 struck the western Aleutians, early Monday afternoon at 12:53 pm, triggering Tsunami warnings throughout the immediate area from Nikolski to Attu and a tsunami evaluation for all other coastal areas in the state and beyond. The earthquake was generated at a depth of 66.8 miles according to the Earthquake Hazard Program at […]
Unganuuk – Uganik Island Gui ataaqa Unganuuni suullria. – My father was born at Uganik Island. (Click sentence to hear Alutiiq words spoken.) Uganik Island is a large, mountainous landmass on the western coast of the Kodiak Archipelago. It is the eighth largest island in the Kodiak region, covering approximately fifty-seven square miles. The […]