Kotzebue News

Noorvik overturns ban on Native dance Published: November 20th, 2009 11:51 AM Last Modified: November 20th, 2009 01:51 PM Link: Arctic Sounder Inupiaq elders and the Christian church congregation in Noorvik, near Kotzebue, have voted to overturn a century-old ban on traditional dancing in the village.

From 1963: Mr. and Mrs. Chester Seveck, Eskimos who live in Kotzebue, Alaska, near the Arctic Circle, stopped in Des Moines Thursday to promote travel in Alaska.

Native military veterans John James and James Lindoff Jr., standing, and Jerry Eldemar and Leo Williams, kneeling, with a statue of an Eskimo soldier in the Territorial Guard.

President Barack Obama addressed troops at Elmendorf Air Force Base Thursday, marking his first trip to Alaska with a commitment to service members.

BLIZZARDS: Meanwhile, wet snow in Anchorage makes for icy intersections. Published: November 11th, 2009 09:19 PM Last Modified: November 11th, 2009 09:24 PM The National Weather Service warned major coastal flooding was possible in east Norton Sound villages Wednesday night as storms hammered much of Western and Northern Alaska during the day.

A judge in Kotzebue on Friday rejected a defense motion to dismiss the charges against two Point Hope men accused of wasting caribou during a hunt in July 2008.

Published: November 3rd, 2009 01:25 PM Last Modified: November 3rd, 2009 01:26 PM Link: Alaska Dispatch As the trial date approaches for the defendants in the Point Hope caribou slaughter , Dispatch correspondent Seth Kantner of Kotzebue writes of villagers' relationship with caribou and about his own family's dependence on caribou meat.

Alaska is getting tougher on people who illegally bring alcohol to rural communities.

Elizabeth Hensley described an Alaska Native community at war Thursday. The fight is a legal one, for control of traditional Native land and hunting and fishing rights, she said, and a spiritual battle against social ills that can be traced back to colonization.

A truck hauls rock and minerals at the Red Dog mine. Red Dog operator Teck Alaska says it expects approvals next month from federal agencies allowing the company to develop a new mining area called Aqqaluk.

Members of the Alaska Native Veterans Association unveiled a statue honoring the Alaska Territorial Guard on Wednesday.

Most days in Nome, you're not likely to run into anybody you didn't see at the Breakers Bar on Friday night.

An effort to allow city-run liquor sales in Kotzebue has passed 412-365, according to a final but unofficial count Friday.

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Submitted by Billy Hackett on Thu, 10/08/2009 - 02:57. Voters in Fairbanks and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough have rejected sales taxes while measures that could lead to increased availability of booze were winning in Bethel and Kotzebue.

HUBS: Voters favor lifting of prohibition; foes fear consequences in the bush. Published: October 7th, 2009 09:59 PM Last Modified: October 7th, 2009 10:20 PM Voters in two regional shopping hubs in rural Alaska are on pace to loosen liquor rules after decades of prohibition.

Ten people ranging in age from 20 to 57 were arrested this week in Selawik after Alaska State Troopers got reports some of them were flashing cash stolen in a break-in at the village store, troopers said Wednesday.

MONEY: Arctic Slope sets earnings record for year -- $2.3 billion. Anchorage Daily News Published: October 3rd, 2009 12:35 AM Last Modified: October 3rd, 2009 03:03 AM Native corporations dominate the newest list of the largest Alaska-based, Alaskan-owned businesses.

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MEASURE 4: Most expensive battle in state's history could prove costly for both sides.