This Day in Alaskan History-June 10th, 1914
Anchorage Drunk Driver Strikes, Kills Female Pedestrian on 3rd and Karluk
APD as yet has not revealed the identity of a female pedestrian who was struck and killed by a drunk driver in the area of 3rd and Karluk Street on Saturday evening. According to the APD report, 29-year-old Lagiula Mauga was traveling westbound in a red pickup when “an adult female emerged from a group […]
Karluk-Alutiiq Word of the Week-June 17th
Kal’ut, Kal’uq–Karluk Kal’uni sullianga.–I was born in Karluk. The Alutiiq village of Karluk lies on the southwestern shore of Kodiak Island. Tucked between treeless rolling hills, the community rests on the banks of Karluk River. This is the longest fresh watercourse in the archipelago and once was the region’s most productive salmon stream. All five […]
Two Rural Kodiak Island Schools Face Closure Due to Low Enrollment
Two rural schools on Kodiak Island are facing the ax and will be closed down if enrollment does not increase, one of them for the second time, the Kodiak Island Borough School Superintendent Larry LeDoux has revealed. According to the reports, if attendance falls below 10 students in any given year, schools face closure at that […]