In Utqiaġvik, where the coast is eroding at some of the fastest rates in the nation, storms, flooding and thawing permafrost damage houses, roads and cultural sites.
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As COVID-19 spikes on North Slope, mayor orders Utqiagvik to hunker down
In the order, mayor Harry Brower said he’s imposing the measures in response to “increasing numbers of COVID-19 coronavirus cases in Utqiaġvik.”
Pilot dead, passenger survives after North Slope charter plane crash
The pilot of a charter plane is dead after crashing near Teshekpuk Lake southeast of Utqiagvik Thursday night.
North Slope Borough backs out of deal with Ravn, reaffirms right to commandeer assets in emergency
The North Slope Borough is backing out of a tentative deal to rent RavnAir Group’s Utqiaġvik hangar and is reasserting its right to use Ravn’s assets to support air service to its communities during the coronavirus emergency.
Update: Alaska AG says North Slope Borough can’t ‘commandeer’ Ravn’s North Slope assets
In an emergency order signed Sunday by Mayor Harry Brower, the borough says that under its authority during a disaster declaration, it is “commandeering” all of Ravn’s “hangars, equipment, operations manuals, parts, supplies, vehicles, (and) airplanes.”
Anxiety creeps into oil-dependent Alaska as banks step back from Arctic investment
Development in the Arctic is booming as the global climate warms and ice melts. But environmental opposition has come along with it, making some big banks like Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase more reticent about investing.
Nominees for vacant House seat meet with Walker, describe qualifications
Nominees, Sandy Shroyer-Beaver and Eugene Smith have years of experience on Kotzebue’s city council. The third, Leanna Mack of Utqiagvik, said her community involvement makes up for her relative lack of political experience.
Alaska hatches plan for vast road network across the Arctic
Alaska’s capital budget this year includes $7.3 million to plan the construction of an Arctic road system.
Life on ice at the top of the world
On a February day long ago, a family living in a sod hut near the Arctic Ocean saw blocks of sea ice bulldozing their way onto shore.