NANA Regional Corp. is supposed to uphold Iñupiat values. Some shareholders say its role in Trump's deportation machinery makes a mockery of that.

Unofficial election results for the Northwest Arctic Borough’s only contested race for Assembly Seat 4, which represents Kotzebue, show Carl Nasruk Weisner ahead of Thomas Ikaaq Baker by about 70 votes.

Dozens of residents were rescued after floodwaters in multiple communities swept homes off their foundations.

“A lot of debris was washed up on Front Street again, a lot like last year,” said Kotzebue Mayor Derek Haviland-Lie. “The north end of town was hit pretty hard. We are hoping to address some of that before the next storm.”

Water could rise as much as 10 feet above the high tide line, according the National Weather Service

The Ambler Road would enable development in a mineral-rich area of Northwest Alaska. Road opponents worry it would endanger the landscape and wildlife.

The National Weather Service’s coastal flood warning is in effect until Friday morning. The agency expects waters to peak on Wednesday afternoon at up to 9 feet above the normal high tide line in some areas, with winds gusting up to 60 miles per hour.

Community members say the water has been restored. But with winter rapidly approaching, some of the 800 residents in the Northwest Arctic community still worry about the town's water situation.

There were no injuries reported from the shots fired.

Many Alaskan salmon fisheries use escapement numbers, which count how many fish make it from the ocean and through a weir or test fishery on their way to spawning grounds. The numbers allow state biologists to set fishing openings and closures and to get a sense of the overall health of the fishery.But the Kotzebue test fishery that helped track those numbers, located near Kiana along the Kobuk River, closed several years ago.