JOINT BASE ELMENDORF RICHARDSON, Alaska — Governor Mike Dunleavy has issued a disaster declaration for the October 2024 West Coast storm, activating the state’s Public and Individual Assistance Programs. Residents within the City of Kotzebue are now eligible for State Individual Assistance. The Public Assistance program reimburses communities for emergency response costs, protective measures, and […]
(Kotzebue, AK) – Thursday, 47-year-old Mandy Hill and 38-year-old Abraham Lambert each entered guilty pleas to six felony charges involving the torture of one child and the abuse of three other children. Utqiagvik Superior Court Judge David Roghair accepted Hill’s and Lambert’s pleas of guilty to: one count of Assault in the First Degree for knowingly […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Approximately 20 Guardsmen from the Alaska National Guard’s Joint Staff are scheduled to conduct training in Kotzebue, Feb. 21-24, 2023. The event will demonstrate the unit’s ability to deploy and operate in an austere and remote cold-weather environment. Performing missions in the Arctic challenges Guardsmen to employ field-craft skills, like […]
Alaska State Troopers said on Monday that the Friday night fire in Kotzebue is still under investigation. The Kotzebue Fire Department notified the Alaska State Troopers that they responded to a structure fire at 9:33 pm on Friday night. They told AST that it was unknown if anyone was in the building on Whittier Street […]