[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Department of Justice announced on Friday that Kodiak man, Miguel Angel Angulo, age 34, was sentenced in Federal Court in front of Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Burgess to seven years in prison followed by five years of supervised release and 250 hours of community service for being armed while dealing drugs in […]
llicarluni/lliigaaluni—Gesture, Sign Language Aigateng aturtaaqait llicarluteng.—They used to use their hands, gesturing (to talk). The worlds cultures have devised numerous, ingenious, ways to exchange information. Beyond the spoken and written word, societies use movement, expressions, pictures, and many forms of artwork for intentional communication. Gesturing is a particularly common form of non-verbal speech. People in […]
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]roopers report that they have determined the identity of a burglar who entered a Mill Bay home in Kodiak on Tuesday during the early morning hours and have forwarded charges to the District Attorney’s office. The homeowners were alerted to a stranger’s presence in the home by the family dog and one of the homeowners, […]
Kaugya’aq—Fox Kaugya’arsurlinuk.—Let’s (two of us) go fox hunting. Kodiak is home to several varieties of fox (Vulpes vulpes). Coastal habitats support both red-furred animals as well as their darker cousins the silver and cross fox. Foxes are one of the region’s six indigenous land mammals, present in the archipelago for thousands of years. They occur […]