Desiree Hagen

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.

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.

In a press release from the department, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum called the transfer a clear example of the Trump administration delivering on its promises. Burgum said the move cuts federal red tape, reduces barriers to resource development and puts land into Alaska Native hands.

Alaska State Troopers responded to the village Monday, after the 7-year-old boy had been missing for two days.

According to a trooper dispatch, the body of 21-year-old Henry Penn Jr. of Noatak was found a mile downriver from the community on June 26.

The Pacific herring is the only known herring species in Alaska — at least, for now. But University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers say herring further north might be a separate species.

“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.’”

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.

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.

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.