Alena Naiden

Kotzebue police in recent months reported three thefts from the Arctic Spirits, a city-owned liquor store.

Robyn Niayuq Burke of Utqiagvik, president of the North Slope Borough School District Board of Education, is on track to represent House District

A human skull discovered on the outskirts of Kotzebue in October is ancient, the Native Village of Kotzebue official said.

Over a week after the Nov. 5 election, the North Slope village of Atqasuk has not reported the election results — the only precinct in Alaska that hasn't done so by Wednesday.

Biologists said they weren’t sure why the animal died, and planned to continue their examination on Monday..

Biologists believe the animal was a young female. How it died remains a mystery.

Six Point Hope residents accused of hosting unpermitted raffles — with prizes including snowmachines, vehicles and household items — in a Facebook group with thousands of members were charged with felonies this fall.

Strong winds brought widespread power outages to Point Hope on Tuesday and caused over 200 people to use shelter services at the local school, city officials said.

Robyn Niayuq Burke of Utqiagvik, president of the North Slope Borough's school district, is a Democratic candidate for Alaska House District 40.

Delays in the reporting of Nov. 5 election results from Atqasuk followed efforts by poll workers to call in results to state elections officials several times, but they couldn't get through, the city mayor said.