Kotzebue News

The Northwest Arctic Borough has made a new proposal for acquiring or gaining an interest in the Red Dog mine road and port owned by the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, the state corporation that owns the facilities that support the mine's operations.

According to a recent study commissioned by the state, Unalaska is the second most expensive place to live in Alaska, right behind Kotzebue.

Alaska State Troopers say arson is the cause of a fire that destroyed a storage building at the Shungnak village school.

NOME HAS A SUNNY MIDNIGHT SUN FESTIVAL : Nomeites and visitors alike were likely catching their breath Monday after a sun-drenched weekend brought out hordes of revelers to a marathon of events for the annual Midnight Sun Festival.

The Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority has forged an agreement with a Prudhoe Bay producing company to purchase limited amounts of propane for possible resale to a private distributor who could truck the fuel to Fairbanks for use in regional markets.

Anchorage police have released the names of two homeless men found dead. Forty-year-old Edwin Wheeler and 53-year-old Joseph Ferreira were found dead in the city's Fairview section last week.

Case: 09-26781, 09-27111 On 6/1/09, at 5:00 a.m., a passerby found the body of a homeless man in the yard at 426 East 11th Avenue near a picnic table.

Police today identified the two most recent homeless men who have turned up dead on the streets of Anchorage.

Anchorage police say the bodies of two men have been found in separate yards. The latest was found by a resident Tuesday.

WELLNESS: Storytelling techniques help bring old trauma into the light. Published: May 30th, 2009 10:38 PM Last Modified: May 30th, 2009 10:38 PM In a small room in a converted apartment building in East Anchorage, it's story time.

Brian Rogers has been named chancellor of the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Rogers, 58, is a former finance vice president for the University of Alaska system, former member of the UA Board of Regents, a former state legislator, and an economic and public policy consultant.

Village Police Officer Clarence Snyder is giving a tour of the Selawik city jail.

That Willie Iggiagruk Hensley is profoundly devoted to Alaska was as clear to his audience at the Kachemak Bay Campus on Thursday as his words were soft-spoken and engaging.

WEB OF PROBLEMS: Teens say they're stressed, need adults to support them and be role models.

As towns go, Seward is fairly young.A As for our community - that's a tough question to answer.A Though by modern Alaskan standards Seward may be considered one of the founding cities that helped construct the framework of a young and bustling American frontier, it's story is far older.A Beyond our name, the Ballaines, the Lowell family and the ...

From the introductory remarks made by Campus Director Carol Swartz to the valedictorian Burton Gregory's address to his classmates, the May 6 commencement ceremony of Kachemak Bay Campus, Kenai Peninsula College-University of Alaska Anchorage, was all about the ability of individuals to make a difference in the world.

As a vehicle drives through a puddle from the melting snow Teddy Gammet and Austin Lane wait to continue throwing snow balls into the puddle on Friday April, 24, 2009 in Kotzebue, Alaska.

Here, 26 miles above the Arctic Circle, the free ride is over. It's nearly 9 p.m. on a recent Friday -- spring carnival night at the local elementary school, where kids bought hundreds of McDonald's cheeseburgers flown in frozen from Anchorage at $3 a pop.

The Canadian company that runs the Pogo gold mine plans to sell its interest to a co-owner, a Japanese conglomerate.

A former village public safety officer has been sentenced to six months in jail and fined $10,000 for selling home brew.