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Residents hit by rural Alaska fiber network outage turn to satellite internet, analog operations

Since the subsea fiber cut this weekend, communities from Nome to Utqiagvik have been contending with various levels of internet and cell service disruptions, and adapting to pursue their own solutions. ....

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Jill Biden will promote federal broadband investments in Bethel visit next week

The trip will be the first time any first lady has traveled to the Southwest Alaska hub city, according to her office. ....

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Kotzebue residents remember missing and murdered Indigenous people with walk

The Sunday walk coincided with Missing or Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Day events nationwide. ....

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Mother-daughter duo to open Kotzebue's only licensed child care facility amid Alaska shortage

Bailey and Tracey Schaeffer are preparing to run an in-home child care facility in Kotzebue to serve children up to 5 years old, starting in July. ....

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As beavers gain foothold in Arctic Alaska, some see benefits in how they reshape the landscape

Beavers are building dams and expanding waterways in the region. Researchers traveled from Nome to Kotzebue by snowmachine recently to more closely examine the animals’ impacts. ....

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