Northwest Alaska

Kivalina teens arrested after $189,000 in cash stolen

The village store in Kivalina stocked up on 20- and hundred-dollar bills so residents could cash their Alaska Permanent Fund dividends starting this week. But last week, all the money went missing from a safe in the store.

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CRIME

Alaska guide fined for smuggled mammoth tusk

A river guide has been fined $30,000 for helping a client smuggle a 10,000-year-old mammoth fossil out of Alaska.
NORTHWEST ALASKA

Couple goes missing during skiff trip on Norton Sound

A couple planning to boat across Norton Sound remains missing, troopers say. David Slwooko, 41, and Debra Kimoktoak, 48, left Koyuk on Monday and were expected in Unalakleet, about 80 miles to the south, that evening.
NORTHWEST ALASKA

Kotzebue road rebuilt, named after senator

One of Kotzebue's main roads has been rebuilt, this time with storm protections in place.
CLIMATE CHANGE

Appeals court rules against village in global-warming suit

A federal appeals court has ruled against the Northwest Alaska village of Kivalina, which sued energy companies over claims that greenhouse emissions contributed to global warming that is threatening the community's existence.
CRIME

Troopers arrest Kiana man accused of shooting 2 hunters

A dozen Alaska State Troopers arrested a fugitive Kiana man floating down the Squirrel River in a stolen raft Thursday afternoon, two days after he allegedly shot two hunters at a cabin upriver, troopers said.
WEATHER

Kivalina water pipeline repaired; students headed back to school

Kivalina students will finally head back to classes Monday, five weeks after the fall semester was postponed because late summer storms damaged a water supply pipeline that left the school and teacher housing without clean water.
CRIME

Kiana locked down after man shoots 2 hunters, flees in boat

The village of Kiana in Northwest Alaska remained on lockdown Wednesday after troopers said a man shot two hunters and stole their boat at a remote cabin upriver.
NORTHWEST ALASKA

Coast Guard picks up father and son, both uninjured, after crash

The Coast Guard says a father and son were uninjured after their single-engine airplane crashed on land 160 miles south of Barrow.
OIL AND GAS

Ice still delays Shell Arctic offshore drilling in Chukchi Sea

Persistent sea ice will keep a Royal Dutch Shell drill ship off a prospect in the Chukchi Sea until at least Monday, a spokesman for Shell Alaska said Friday.
CRIME

Troopers find no trace of Kiana man since mother found dead

Five days after what troopers are calling the suspicious death of his 74-year-old mother, a promising movie actor remained missing Wednesday in Northwest Alaska.