Prosecuting crimes in Western Alaska can be tough, with just a few lawyers assigned to thousands of cases annually.
KOTZ - Kotzebue
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Kiana’s boys basketball team needed one more for a full squad. An 8th grade girl volunteered.
Eighth grader Fannie Williams played all of both regional tournament games for Kiana’s boys high school team.
Kaktovik tribe says Biden didn’t reach out before agreement with Canada over caribou in Arctic refuge
The Native Village of Kaktovik is speaking out against the Biden administration, claiming their tribe wasn’t consulted about an agreement President Biden made with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau regarding protections of the porcupine caribou herd in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Workers continue to address water, power issues 1 week after Selawik outage
The state emergency management department says the Alaska Village Electric Cooperative is working with regional entities on clearing frozen well transmission lines as well as restoring power to parts of the community.
Selawik issues disaster declaration after outage leaves homes, water treatment plant without power
While many residents said they have a secondary heat source at home, four families stayed overnight at the local school. Selawik officials have ordered a temporary water supply from Kotzebue.
Former Kotzebue mayor to lead National Park Service’s Native relations program for Alaska
Maija Katak Lukin is Inupiaq and grew up in Kotzebue and the Sisualik fish camp, where she’s spent her life subsistence hunting, fishing and gathering. She says her work balances the land stewardship of her ancestors with more modern federal protections.