KOTZ - Kotzebue

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.

As rural Alaska communities begin to see improved service, the current fastest speeds in Alaska will double to 2-gig speed starting in 2022.

Principal Faith Jurs says all grade levels will see a boost in Iñupiaq content under the new curriculum.

The governor’s disaster declaration opens up resources to Buckland, a village in Northwest Alaska.

An ice jam caused by warming spring temperatures near the village of Buckland has left most of the town underwater and cut off access to the airport road.

Brittany Sweeney of the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge says the annual Bird Sighting Contest helps scientists pick up changes in bird migration patterns.

For one Iñupiaq woman, hearing the words doctor next to her name was emotional: Her response to passing her dissertation defense went viral this month after hundreds of thousands of people watched her reaction.

As the only team to complete the original upper Kobuk loop trail through the storm, 38-year-old Ryan Redington took home the $16,000 first prize.

While Browning was first back in Kotzebue, a race champion has yet to be named: Race officials still must adjust teams’ times to account for different distances traveled during the weekend’s harrowing storm.

Many teams were pinned down by the weather for hours, unable to find each other and unsure if they were on the trail at all.