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Several coastal Arctic communities hosted festivals throughout June to celebrate a successful whaling season with dance and feasts.
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The group was there to promote Alaska's position as a source of petroleum for export, and to focus on removing barriers to developing the state's energy resources.
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Troopers say the methamphetamine, fentanyl and illicit alcohol seized had a combined street value of $220,000 in Utqiaġvik, where the substances were bound.
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The spill was reported just past midnight Tuesday morning, when a local resident posted photos to Facebook, said Kimberly Maher, a spokeswoman for the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation.
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Inspectors found 2.4 ounces of blue “M30” pills that contained fentanyl hidden in a vacuum-sealed bag inside the motor housing of an Oster blender.
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The lawsuit says students in Nuiqsut made racist threats in a classroom setting in 2017, and students were not appropriately disciplined.
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A resident from the North Slope Borough has tested positive for COVID-19. This is the first positive case in the region.
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The pilot of a charter plane is dead after crashing near Teshekpuk Lake southeast of Utqiagvik Thursday night.
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The previous record was a low of minus 24 on April 28, 1964.
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In a statement, the commission wrote that because Gordon is a hunter, sending him to prison and limiting his hunting is also “a punishment of his children, Elders, and other community members who rely on him for food.”
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Kaktovik’s mayor says the first priority is restoring a sense of normalcy for the students as they resume classes. The community plans to rebuild the school, but the timeline is still unknown.
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The North Slope Borough mayor says there were no injuries to report as of Friday morning. He says the weather, which dipped to -35 degrees, has made fighting the fire difficult for first responders.