July 14th, 1804
Kiavak Bay-Alutiiq Word of the Week-July 11
KIA’IWIK – KIAVAK BAY KIA’IWIK YAQSIN’ITUQ NUNIAMEK. – KIAVAK BAY IS NOT FAR FROM OLD HARBOR. Kiavak Bay lies on the southeast coast of Kodiak Island. This long, narrow waterway stretches about 8 km west into the Kodiak Mountains. A spit divides the bay in two, creating distinct inner and outer environments. The outer bay […]
Coast Guard Cutter returns to Kodiak from Bering Sea patrol
KODIAK, Alaska —The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley returned to homeport on Tuesday before last, following a 52-day Bering Sea patrol. While deployed, the crew of the Alex Haley provided search and rescue capability to the fisheries in the Bering Sea. Their embarked MH-65 helicopter crew from Air Station Kodiak conducted a search […]
June 9th, 1912
May 25th 1799
Kodiak Volunteer Volleyball Manager Arrested on Multiple Charges following Sexual Abuse of a Minor Investigation
Alaska State Troopers reported on Friday that they have arrested a 19-year-old Kodiak High School volunteer volleyball team student manager on multiple sex-related charges after opening a week-long investigation in Kodiak. According to the Kodiak-based AST investigation, Vince Jay Barcelon Deliguin “sexually assaulted a minor multiple times over the course of a year.” Deliguin blackmailed […]
Name-Alutiiq Word of the Week-May 9th
ATEQ – NAME GUI ATQA SOPHIE. – MY NAME IS SOPHIE. In classical Alutiiq society, children were often named for a beloved and recently deceased relative. Before birth, a child’s father would choose two such names, one for a boy and one for a girl. The child was not thought to resemble its namesake or […]
Octopus-Alutiiq Word of the Week-May 2nd
Amikuq (n), Utguiq (S) – Octopus Utguit yaamat acaatni etaartut. – Octopus are always (located) under rocks. Kodiak’s rocky shores are home to a variety of octopi. These shy creatures live in deep intertidal and shallow subtidal environments and are commonly found beneath rocks. Octopus can weigh over forty pounds. They capture fish, shellfish, and crab, which […]
Coast Guard decommissions service’s final high endurance cutter
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro (WHEC 724) was decommissioned during a ceremony Saturday at Coast Guard Base Kodiak and presided over by Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz. The Douglas Munro was the Coast Guard’s last remaining 378-foot Hamilton-class high endurance cutter. The fleet of high endurance cutters is being replaced […]