Tlingit battle helmets were designed to inspire fear. The thick, wooden head armor carried imagery of strong warriors, fierce animals or revered ancestors.
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Ketchikan Senior Services to relocate to Saxman Senior Center
Ketchikan Senior Services is moving to a new location. A lease agreement was signed with the Tlingit-Haida Regional Housing Authority on Nov. 18. Programs will move from the Water Street building to the Saxman Senior Center in mid-December.
Murkowski to feds: Let marijuana users buy guns
Some Alaska gun sellers, marijuana industry advocates and local officials applaud Murkowski’s move.
Ferry changing payment system for Southeast route
People ferrying from Ketchikan to Metlakatla will soon pay double for their tickets. But the return trip will be free.
Video: As glaciers melt, landslide risk increases
One of North America’s biggest landslides occurred in Icy Bay, Alaska in 2015. The slide, and subsequent tsunami were a direct result of the shrinking glaciers in the region.
Workshop to discuss threats of ocean acidification on Alaska waters
The world’s oceans are becoming more acidic and, like climate change, it’s happening at a faster rate in the far north waters of Alaska. A workshop to be held Wednesday in Anchorage aims to bring together scientists and stakeholders to better understand the threat ocean acidification poses to the state.
Modern ‘warriors’ protect language, water, subsistence, families
What makes a modern warrior? A tribal organization says it’s someone who fights to preserve subsistence rights, Native languages, clean water and families.
Before contamination in Skagway harbor is cleaned up, some want another study
Skagway is getting closer to addressing long-standing lead contamination in the harbor. The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation is taking a more proactive approach to motivate clean-up of the ore basin.
Two Wrangell men face felony charges for boat break-ins
Wrangell police said charges are pending for recent boat break-ins in Heritage Harbor. Two suspects are awaiting charges, but police would not identify them.
Sitka Trail Works to get $1.8M grant for Cross Trail completion
Sitka’s Cross Trail has won funding for an extension to the far end of the road system. Sitka Trail Works announced last week that $1.8 million in federal funds have been approved for the final phase of the project – provided the next president signs the federal transportation bill.