Kotzebue News Archives

Published: September 29th, 2009 11:40 AM Last Modified: September 29th, 2009 11:41 AM Link: The Tundra Drums Anchorage economist David Marshall, who has studied suicide and accidental death in village Alaska, writes that voter approval of alcohol sales in upcoming Bethel and Kotzebue referendums will be result in disaster: " It will raise ...

While each day is growing shorter in terms of the amount of sunlight shining, the strength of the sun may locally become noticeable next week as it aligns with telecommunication equipment on the ground and in space.

A Seattle-area accountant has been accused of cheating an Alaska Native corporate subsidiary out of $188,000. Clyde Thomas Beard of Federal Way was charged Friday with mail fraud.

The chief financial officer of an Alaska native-owned corporation has been charged with bilking the company out of $188,000. In charges filed Friday, federal prosecutors claim NANA Services CFO Clyde Thomas Beard defrauded the Kotzebue, Alaska, corporation by redirecting funds to his own accounts by falsifying expense reports.

Published: September 19th, 2009 09:00 PM Last Modified: September 19th, 2009 09:24 PM BETHEL -- Nearly every crime here in Alaska's largest rural hub is soaked in liquor.

The state fire marshal's office is investigating as a possible arson a blaze that wiped out three homes in Kotzebue this month, a Department of Public Safety spokeswoman said Tuesday.

The Village is a Daily News blog about life and politics in rural Alaska. Its main author is ADN reporter Kyle Hopkins.

DAN SULLIVAN: As chair of subcabinet, he sees fuel and outmigration priorities. Published: September 13th, 2009 10:35 PM Last Modified: September 13th, 2009 10:35 PM Then-Gov. Sarah Palin announced a new Rural Action Subcabinet during the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention last October, as a response to the concerns over the high rural fuel ...

The governor's rural action subcabinet will hold public hearings next week in Unalakleet and Kotzebue.

The federal government has assessed a $120,000 penalty against Teck Alaska Inc., the owner and operator of Kotzebue's Red Dog lead and zinc mine.

Dr. Ward Hurlburt was appointed Friday to be Alaska's new chief medical officer and Public Health director.

Kotzebue voters are about to decide if they should allow local alcohol sales for the first time in more than 20 years.

An early morning fire destroyed the homes of three families in Kotzebue. Witnesses said the fire near Front Street broke out around 1 a.m. Saturday.

About five years ago, Kevin Fox was flying over the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge in northwest Alaska when he noticed the upper portion of the clear-running Selawik River looked cloudy.

A suspected Anchorage gang member has been convicted of conspiring to ship crack cocaine to Kotzebue, police announced Monday.