A 61-year-old Kotzebue man has died after being found in an abandoned cabin during a search and rescue operation south of the community, according to Alaska State Troopers.
In the path of a weak low-pressure system that brings snow to the Midwest and Northeast, extreme cold weather and brutally cold wind chill values will bring a bitter cold to much of the Nation. Always ...
Ambler, Alaska — Ice blocks drift past Tristen Pattee’s boat as he scans the banks of Northwest Alaska’s Kobuk River for caribou. His great uncle Ernest steadies a rifle on his lap. It’s the last day ...
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This article was originally published by Northwestern University’s Medill Local News Initiative and is republished here with permission. In the remote Arctic town of Kotzebue, Alaska, some residents ...
US Extreme Weather Floods In this aerial photo provided by the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, the city of Kotzebue, Alaska, experiences flooding, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025.
Roads near Kotzebue’s dock were flooded Wednesday afternoon. (Desiree Hagen/KOTZ) The city of Kotzebue is under mandatory evacuation orders. That’s as the community prepares for flooding the National ...
While residents in Kotzebue have made it through the first wave of coastal flooding, more high water is expected in the coming days. Your Alaska Link spoke with the Alaska Center for Climate ...
The National Weather Service is suspending weather balloon launches in Kotzebue due to staff shortages. Climate specialist Rick Thoman with the University of Alaska Fairbanks says recent layoffs will ...
Resignations and firings have resulted in the loss of at least 23 Weather Service employees across Alaska, according to a source affiliated with a union for National Weather Service employees. The ...
Scientists warn that the Trump administration's abrupt firing of hundreds of weather forecasters and climate experts at NOAA ...
Rescuers found a snowmobiler who had last been seen on Feb. 14 in Alaska, officials said. Photo by Jessica Fadel on Unsplash UPDATE: John Booth was taken for medical treatment after he was found alive ...