Mushers’ family, friends and fans began calling Peace on Earth weeks ago to place pizza orders. Many asked for special messages to be written on the boxes.
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16-year-old charged with murder after Point Hope shooting leaves 2 dead, 2 wounded
Responding police officers found four gunshot victims: a dead man and woman, along with two severely wounded men.
6 dead in fire at Noorvik home
“It is believed that one adult female and five children were in the residence at the time of the fire,” troopers wrote.
An Iñupiaq council helped keep latest ‘True Detective’ season true to Alaska
The council encouraged producers to include Iñupiaq words and even helped choose most of the Iñupiaq names for characters in the town.
Kotzebue women’s deaths at former mayor’s property did not get thorough investigations, report says
Two Kotzebue women died two years apart at the home of former Northwest Arctic Borough Mayor Clement Richards Sr. No one has been charged in connection with either death.
Tesla needs graphite. Alaska has plenty. But mining it raises fears in nearby villages.
While opinions in the nearby Alaska Native villages of Brevig Mission and Teller are mixed, there are significant pockets of opposition, particularly among the area’s tribal leaders.
Northern Alaska cable break repaired after 14 weeks of internet outages
GCI announced the repairs in an email to customers Monday, 14 weeks after the cable was cut in an ice scouring event in the Arctic Ocean west of Prudhoe Bay.
Department of Defense, citing critical mineral needs, boosts Nome-area graphite mining project
The award is to go to Graphite One Inc., a Vancouver-based company seeking to develop a mine about 37 miles north of Nome, the department said on Monday.
Ongoing internet outage hamstrings 911, other vital services in Northwest Alaska
The outage is affecting everything from emergency dispatch to EBT cards and payroll.
Internet outage closes government offices, businesses and university campus in Kotzebue
It could be two months until services are restored to normal.