KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard commissioned its newest cutter, Coast Guard Cutter John Witherspoon (WPC 1158) for official entry into its service fleet during a ceremony held in Kodiak, Thursday. The ceremony was presided over by Rear Adm. Megan Dean, commander of the Seventeenth Coast Guard District. Members of the Witherspoon family were also […]
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Spring — Ugnerkaq Ugnerkartuq awa’i. – Spring is here. Spring is an unpredictable season in the Kodiak Archipelago. Some years, calm weather ushers in longer days and milder temperatures, but in others, winter storms pound the coast, and snow falls well into April. For Alutiiq people, spring is a time of waiting as the subsistence […]
(Kodiak, AK) – Monday, a Kodiak jury found Hilarion Soriano Jr., 43, guilty of one count of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the Second Degree. The jury deliberated for a day and a half after a two-week trial. The conviction stemmed from an incident that occurred in Kodiak around 2017, when Soriano engaged in sexual […]