The “Find iPhone” app led troopers to a phone thief in Koddiak on Sunday, and two phones were recovered and returned to owners, the trooper dispatch reported on Wednesday. At 2:49 pm, troopers in Kodiak were notified of a stolen phone from an employee of Island Air. The employee was able to use an iPhone […]
Puyurniq – Nagoonberry Puyurnit piturnirtaartut. – Nagoonberries always taste good. Commonly known as the wild raspberry, or arctic raspberry, the nagoonberry (Rubus arcticus) is a low-growing plant that bears a sweet, dark red, segmented, raspberry-like fruit. On Kodiak, Alutiiq people use the same term for nagoonberry and raspberry, illustrating the similarity between this indigenous fruit […]
A Monashka Bay vehicle crash on Saturday night ended in flames as the vehicle burst into flames, troopers in Kodiak report. Troopers responded to the scene of the roll-over crash at mile 2.6 of Monashka Bay Road in Kodiak at 10:07 pm Saturday night to conduct an investigation. Their investigation found that a 16-year-old Kodiak […]
The Coast Guard reports that they hoisted a fisherman in distress from his vessel on Tuesday 14 miles north of Port Moller. According to the report, the 43-foot gillnetter, Transit, ran into problems and began foundering in the surf 14 miles to the north of the small community and fishing port of Port Moller. The […]