Federal and state biologists, land managers, subsistence users and community members discussed a multitude of topics. The presentations help the council make recommendations to the Federal Subsistence Board who, in turn, manage subsistence on federal lands.

According to court documents, a witness saw 62-year-old Lowell Sage Jr. pull out a gun and shoot the victim, after teasing between the two men escalated.

Court documents show Alaska State Troopers received an anonymous tip on March 12 that 23-year-old Spencer Pungalik and another man from Noorvik planned to transport the airfreighted alcohol from Kotzebue’s airport to Selawik.

40-year-old John Booth left Noatak around 3pm on Friday and was reported overdue the next day.

Infrastructure projects across the country are in limbo after the Trump administration placed a sweeping 90-day hold on federal grant and loan programs. For the Northwest Arctic, this jeopardizes millions of dollars for previously funded energy projects and could further delay them for at least a year.

Largely self-taught, Keats walked in two worlds, combining traditional and Western medicine. She was born in a sod house on the Noatak River in 1907 and learned from anatomy books and from processing caribou and other animals. She began practicing medicine in her 20s and worked as a midwife, helping women deliver babies. A large part of her knowledge came from listening to older generations.

Troopers say 36-year-old Georgia Onalik was operating the vehicle with an male passenger when it crashed on Willow Street.

Troopers say 36-year old Marvin Cleveland Jr. made multiple death threats against another man and his children on Monday over VHF, a high frequency radio used to communicate in smaller communities.

GCI’s announcement comes one day after an announcement for a separate project that would bring the same internet speeds to the North Slope community of Utqiaġvik. GCI has several other fiber optic projects in Western Alaska, including in the Y-K Delta, Bristol Bay and Aleutian Islands regions.

According to an Alaska State Trooper’s dispatch, the cause of the fire is unknown. The person has not been positively identified yet, but local responders searched and were unable to account for 35-year-old Selawik resident Lester Hingsbergen.