Llaatesurta – Weatherman Llaatsurtaallriit. – They used to be weathermen. Long before marine radios, the nightly, television weather report, weather apps and weather cams, Alutiiq people interpreted the weather by reading the wind, waves, clouds, and phase of the sun and moon. Shaman, men and women skilled at interacting with the unseen world, were weather […]
While on a deer hunting trip on Sally Island in Uganik Bay on Kodiak Island on Tuesday, deer hunter, 68-year-old Sitka resident Michael Snowden was attacked by a brown bear. Snowden’s leg was severely injured in the attack. Snowden’s hunting partner, 38-year-old Jeff Ostrin of Camas, Washington, shot the bear as it was attacking Snowden. […]
A Kodiak man is in jail with a bail set at $40,000 after a traffic stop on the Seward Highway on Monday. Alaska State Troopers pulled over 34-year-old Kodiak resident Adam Ross on Monday at 4:39 pm at mile 99 of the Seward Highway. After pulling Ross over, the trooper investigation at the scene would […]
Troopers responded to the area of Selief Lane for a disturbance call after receiving a report of an incident in a vehicle there late last week. According to the trooper dispatch, 25-year-old Steven Henry of Kodiak was driving a Ford Escape belonging to a family member when he assaulted the family member who was a […]