On Sunday, Enstar Natural Gas officials began to shut off the flow of gas to the community of roughly 250 people to address a leak in a pipeline.
Wesley Early, Alaska's Energy Desk - Kotzebue
Coast Guard responds to tar-like substance spill on Utqiagvik beach
Officials are still examining the substance in a lab to determine what it is, but DEC suspects it’s black tar or asphalt.
Thousands of lightning strikes spark more than a dozen wildfires in Northwest Alaska
There are several communities in close proximity to new fires.
Federal appeals court rules Trump administration was wrong to reverse protections for Pacific walrus
The ruling comes more than a decade after the Center for Biological Diversity, a conservation group, first petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the walrus as endangered or threatened.
US, Russian researchers track polar bears and ice seals across the Arctic
A collaboration between scientists from both countries is providing a clearer picture of the species, which remain subsistence staples to Arctic communities.
Warming Pacific waters likely adding to Arctic sea ice loss, study finds
While most of the cause has been attributed to a warming Arctic climate, a new study from the University of Alaska Fairbanks has found evidence that warming waters outside of the Arctic are impacting sea ice as well.