Alaska State Troopers apprehended a Larsen Bay man who was the suspect in a hit and run incident at the Kodiak State Airport after being stopped near the McDonalds restaurant on Monday evening. According to the AST report, they received a report of a hit-and-run at the airport near the Coast Guard base at […]
Taquka’angcuk—Bear Cub Taquka’angcum maamani malirqatuu’uraa.—The little bear is following its mama. The Kodiak Archipelago is home to an unusually dense population of brown bears (Ursus arctos middendorffi). Biologists believe that there are as many as 3,500 bears in the region, with the highest densities in southwest Kodiak Island. This large number of bears reflects both the […]
Puyulek—Volcano Puyulek yakguani et’aartut, ingrini.—The volcanoes are far away, in the mountains. Although there are no volcanoes in the Kodiak Archipelago, the mountainous Alaska Peninsula and the Aleutian Island chain are formed largely by volcanic activity. Along this expanse of Alaska’s coast there are at least eighty volcanoes that have been active in the past […]
Kodiak, AK – With an eye toward continued growth, the Koniag Board of Directors has selected Ron Unger as Koniag’s CEO. Marty Shuravloff has been appointed to fill Ron’s seat on the Koniag Board. “It is an honor to be chosen by the Board to continue serving Koniag as its CEO,” Ron said. “Growing […]