City Manager Tessa Baldwin says she doesn’t believe Kotzebue has seen this much snow in decades.
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Alaska’s majority-Native districts had uneven voter turnout in 2020, analysis finds
The majority Yup’ik Yukon-Kuskokwim Census Area of southwestern Alaska posted a 75% turnout rate in 2020, topping those of all county or county equivalents where Indigenous residents comprise at least half of the voting-age population, according to the analysis.
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.
As COVID-19 restrictions lift, Northwest Arctic Borough renews push to get VPSOs in every village
The borough would have to hire five more VPSOs to meet the goal of having one in each village. Another priority is getting them up to speed on Inupiaq culture.
Northwest Alaska village of Buckland assessing flood damage as water levels drop
The governor’s disaster declaration opens up resources to Buckland, a village in Northwest Alaska.
Interior Department delays plan to open 28 million acres of land in Alaska to mineral development
The delay will affect BLM land in five different areas of Alaska, but the most notable halt is on 9.7 million acres in the Kobuk-Seward Peninsula resource management area.
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.
Ambler Metals will get back some of its $35M investment on access road, if project gets built
The private access Ambler Road would run roughly 211 miles from the Dalton Highway to the Ambler Mining District in the Northwest Arctic Borough. The funding from the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, or AIDEA, was matched by Ambler Metals, the company that hopes to use the road to access mineral deposits in the Ambler Mining District.
Power restored in Selawik weeks after outage, but ‘detrimental’ impacts to water system remains
As local, regional and state officials worked to solve the issue, the community of roughly 800 people was without running water and had to conserve power, relying on back-up generators while power was slowly restored.
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.