Seal meat makes up a good portion of what’s in subsistence hunters’ freezers in Kotzebue. But the sea ice the seals haul out on is diminishing, and new research shows that’s shortening the window to hunt seals.
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Alaska Federation of Natives postpones convention until December, citing COVID-19 spread
The three-day event had been scheduled for Oct. 21-23 in Anchorage.
Kotzebue greets rare polar bear visitor with excitement, caution
Polar bear sightings in Kotzebue aren’t without precedent. The world’s largest documented polar bear was found in Kotzebue in the 60s, weighing more than 2,200 pounds and standing more than 11 feet high.
These Minnesotans were having a great canoe trip with their toddler in Northwest Alaska. Then the rains came.
As Kotzebue had its wettest month on record, a small group from Minnesota floated the Noatak River in a canoe, with a toddler.
July was Kotzebue’s wettest month on record
The record was driven in part by a heavy rainstorm that set Kotzebue’s single-day precipitation record.
Kotzebue couple charged with assaulting and starving children in their care
Court documents detail the physical assault of four different children occurring between 2015 and 2019.
Babies in regalia: Kotzebue marks return of in-person beauty pageants
Cloudy skies and a light drizzle didn’t dampen the spirits of residents of Kotzebue on the Fourth of July as hundreds gathered across town to celebrate.
‘Like Rocky Balboa stuff’: Kotzebue MMA fighter Aaron Phillips says his hometown prepared him for the big leagues
A wide swath of TV shows depicting “reality” in Alaska center on hunting, fishing, the wilderness and harsh conditions. But a new spin on reality TB has come out of Kotzebue, through MMA fighter Aaron Phillips.
Kotzebue man pleads guilty to 2018 murder, sexual abuse of 10-year-old Ashley Johnson-Barr
Johnson-Barr’s death rippled across the state, generating outrage over the high rates of violence against Alaska Native women and children.
The village of Shungnak hasn’t had fuel since April
The 70s-era vintage fuel truck they used to transport fuel from the airport to the store has been broken down since last year.