Four people from the fishing vessel Alaska Rose were rescued two nautical miles northeast of Chiniak Island late in the afternoon on Saturday. An SOS was transmitted from the 46-foot Alaska Rose on VHF channel 16 at 4:31 pm reporting that their vessel was taking on water. An urgent marine information broadcast was issued on […]
Talisman — Nakernaq Carliarluki nakernaten. Nakciquten. – Take care of your talisman. You will be lucky. A rabbit’s foot, a four-leaf clover, a horseshoe–these are all widely recognized symbols of luck in modern American life. They are talismans, objects believed to provide good fortune or personal protection. People in all cultures use talismans, often carrying […]
(Kodiak, AK) –Tuesday retired Supreme Court Justice Joel Bolger sentenced 49-year-old Nathan Benton of Kodiak to a composite sentence of 12 years with 5 years suspended and 7 years to serve for two counts of sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree. Benton was convicted of two counts of sexual abuse of a minor […]
Dirt — Iqaq Tan’urat waamut iqami. – The boys are playing in the dirt. The soils in the Kodiak region are relatively young, formed since the end of the last ice age less than twelve thousand years ago. Deposits of volcanic ash brought to the archipelago by the wind and the weathering of bedrock and […]