A new mapping project has identified regions worldwide that are most susceptible to dramatic permafrost thaw formations, known as thermokarst, and the resulting release of greenhouse gases. University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers David McGuire and Vladimir Romanovsky were part of the project, which was led by University of Alberta researcher David Olefeldt. They found […]
During the early morning hours on Friday, Alaska State Troopers were informed that a 38-year-old man in that community had died as a direct result of a fight with another man in the village. Immediately after receiving the notification of the incident at 1:30 am, troopers departed from Kotzebue to the village 70 miles to […]
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA – The Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program (ANSEP) is hosting 44 students from nine rural communities within the Northwest Arctic Borough School District (NWABSD) at its first Middle School Academy of the 2016-17 school year. Last week, students arrived at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) campus, where they lived like college students […]
Alaska State Troopers reported on Wednesday that they had arrested a Kotzebue-born man on Sexual Abuse of a Minor charges for incidences that occurred in the community of Wales. It was on August 22nd, that troopers received reports of sexual abuse of a minor from Wales. Troopers responded and conducted an investigation that revealed that 43-year-old […]