With winter quickly approaching, many homes are unsafe. Two homes, Kotzebue’s dock, roads, bridges and subsistence camps were destroyed.
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Kotzebue flooding declared state disaster as residents recover
At least one home collapsed into Kotzebue Sound during Tuesday’s flooding, which forced more than 80 people to evacuate.
EPA says Red Dog Mine failed to identify hazardous waste for over 4 years
The mine’s operator, Teck Alaska, Inc., has paid nearly half a million dollars for hazardous waste violations.
6 dead in fire at Noorvik home
“It is believed that one adult female and five children were in the residence at the time of the fire,” troopers wrote.
Yamaha will stop selling snowmachines in North America
The company said it aimed to grow its business through more environmentally friendly motors
Ongoing internet outage hamstrings 911, other vital services in Northwest Alaska
The outage is affecting everything from emergency dispatch to EBT cards and payroll.
Internet outage closes government offices, businesses and university campus in Kotzebue
It could be two months until services are restored to normal.
A large fish that fills freezers in Northwest Alaska could be in danger
Warming waters and permafrost thaw could lead to population declines.
Kotzebue declares disaster amid back-to-back blizzards and water system failures
City Manager Tessa Baldwin says she doesn’t believe Kotzebue has seen this much snow in decades.
Declining sea ice in Kotzebue Sound is shortening subsistence hunt for seals, study finds
Seal meat makes up a good portion of what’s in subsistence hunters’ freezers in Kotzebue. But the sea ice the seals haul out on is diminishing, and new research shows that’s shortening the window to hunt seals.