Kodiak-based troopers reported on Tuesday concerning a drug bust and meth lab discovery investigation that has been moving forward since mid-March. According to the report, on March 16th, at 1:05 pm, “a security specialist with a common carrier delivery service contacted the Statewide Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) in Kodiak to report a suspicious package sent […]
Spam-eq – Spam Alutiit Spam-eq pingaktaarat. – Alutiiq people (always) like Spam. The Hormel Foods Corporation introduced Spam to American consumers in 1937. Manufactured in Austin, Minnesota, this now famous lunchmeat came packaged in twelve-ounce cans. Hormel reports that more than seven billion cans of Spam have been sold in the past sixty-five years! Alaskans […]
Ulutegwik – Television Ulutegwik ikirsgu. – Turn the television on. Television began reaching rural Alaska communities in the1970s, as communication systems evolved following World War II. Alutiiq villages began to receive radio signals in the 1960sand public television a decade later. Satellite television followed in the 1990s, and now many rural communities have Internet access. […]
Arctic Care 2017 Registration Events Begin This Week The United States Department of Defense Arctic Care Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) Program in partnership, with the Kodiak Area Native Association, will present “Arctic Care 2017”, a free medical, dental, optometry and veterinary services program to the communities on Kodiak Island for a two week period, beginning […]