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Some caribou bounced away from roads, moved back and forth without crossing, or traced along the roads. On average, the study found caribou that came in contact with roads were delayed nine days from their normal migrations.
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Alaska State Troopers say 37-year-old Adrian Ticket had admitted to beating Nettie Ballot the night before at his home and discovered her dead in the morning. The 38-year-old Selawik woman was the mother of his three children.
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The protests coincided with President Donald Trump’s birthday and a parade to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the formation of the U.S. Army.Zent said holding the “No Kings” protest on the same day as the military procession, was intentional.“$25 to $45 million is being spent on that,” said Zent. “Medicaid is being cut. Our nutritional assistance is being cut and things that specifically affect Kotzebue — our radio station, our library, our National Park Service.”
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“This is a very new type of model which simulates each piece of the ice flow, like little polygons moving around,” Zhang said. “So, when I first saw that model, I said, ‘Oh, this is really cool. It can be really useful for coastal communities to get the sense of how the ice moves around.’”
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Plans by the Native Village of Kotzebue to sell wind power to its local electric cooperative are on hold after the federal government slashed a $150 million grant for Alaska tribal infrastructure projects earlier this month.
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About 300 people packed into the bleachers at June Nelson Elementary School on a Friday afternoon — a mix of students and teachers with a few graduates who are now in their thirties. Resting on a table in front of Assistant Principal Corey Shepherd, there was a three-foot-tall metal cylinder.
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The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation reported the spill of up to 400,000 gallons of water used at a large lead and zinc mine in Northern Alaska early Wednesday. According to the department, the spill of “process water” occurred at about 2:30 a.m. at the Red Dog Mine, located around 80 miles north of Kotzebue.
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The building will house the tribe’s administration offices and the Iñupiaq immersion preschool, Nikaitchuat Iḷisaġviat.
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According to Fraley, now sheefish can be found as far north as Point Hope and as far south as Shishmaref, a significant increase over what was previously thought to be their range. And there's a reason for it.
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The closure is temporary, but may cause problems for residents of the region counting on the DMV to get compliant IDs ahead of air travel.
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After the fishery’s record low return last year, state biologists expect this year’s season to be about average for the country’s northernmost commercial fishery.This year state biologists expect the harvest to fall within the range of 50,000 to 150,000 fish.
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According to court documents, on Sunday 45-year-old Clarence Snyder Jr. threatened his wife and children with a pistol. One of Snyder’s children allegedly told troopers that Snyder fired the pistol twice in his wife’s direction while she was lying on the floor crying and that both parents were intoxicated at the time.