After the governor declared an emergency in Noatak in September, officials with the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities traveled to the village to evaluate the situation.
This was the first year the International Whaling Commission used a new automatic extension procedure for hunting quotas, intended to provide more predictability to whaling communities.
The Alaska Commission on Aging traveled to Northwest Alaska this month to learn more about concerns the Elder population has.
Also, the two candidates running for Utqiagvik City Council have secured the two open seats up for election.
Incumbents secured their leadership in other borough assembly races as well, according to the election results.
After the Oct. 1 election, the winning candidates and council members will hold a reorganization meeting to decide the new mayor.
The 22-year-old driver was found unresponsive and not breathing in the ditch, troopers said.
Dickie Moto and Nasruk Carl Weisner are running for the mayor seat in the region that includes over 7,000 residents.
10 seats are opening up on the assembly and school board.
Six seats on the North Slope Borough Assembly are up for election this fall. Each of them has only a single candidate running.
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