The search north of Kotzebue continues for a man lost when a trio of vehicles broke through the ice Saturday morning. According to troopers, they were notiifiied at 11:20 am Saturday morning that three men, while on a snowmachine and two four-wheelers plunged through the ice near Lockhart Point. They had been on a hunting […]
The Savoonga Village Public Safety Officer 0pened an investigation after receiving a report of an attempted shooting in a residence in the village on Friday. The investigation would determine that after opening fire in the home, Josephine Waghiyi, age 36, stole an additional rifle and took off on an ATV firing the weapon as she […]
[content id=”79272″ Summer access restored to popular trails, cabins and shelters FAIRBANKS, Alaska – Due to reduced wildland fire activity associated with the Obrien Fire (#172), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Eastern Interior Field Office issued a fire order to end the emergency closure for the White Mountains National Recreation Area north of Fairbanks, Alaska. The […]
[content id=”79272″] Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation’s wetlands mitigation bank—the North Slope’s first compensatory mitigation resource. Utqiaġvik, Alaska Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation (UIC) is sharing that the Charles Etok Edwardsen, Jr. Wetlands Mitigation Bank (CEEMB)—established in late 2024 with partner Ecosystem Investment Partners (EIP)—is the first wetlands‑mitigation resource on Alaska’s North Slope. More than 1,000 mitigation credits are […]