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Isolated, no roads. the only way that we go to the village is either by one of the commuter planes... summertime, we go by boat. wintertime, we go by snow machine. very few people are dog team. i originated to kotzebue about 35 years ago, raised four sons and two daughters. i have 14 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. my inupiaq name is pequq. we like to be called inupiaq, not eskimo. inupiaq means real people. eskimo, thats a non—native�*s definition of us. we as inupiaq people, we ...

The only way that we go to the village is either by one of the commuter planes... summertime, we go by boat. wintertime, we go by snow machine. very few people are dog team. i originated to kotzebue about 35 years ago, raised four sons and two daughters. i have 14 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. my inupiaq name is pequq. we like to be called inupiaq, not eskimo. inupiaq means real people. eskimo, thats a non—native�*s definition of us. we as inupiaq people, we know our land. its l...

Pet Parents make sure their dog has the best day ever

Tuesday, 27 July 2021, 4:32 pm Joint Press Release from Snow Machine and NZSki. Organisers of the highly anticipated Snow Machine festival have made the decision to push the event out by three weeks, following the pause of the Trans-Tasman bubble on Friday. The event, which is in partnership with Coronet Peak and The Remarkables, will now take place in Queenstown between September 29 – October 2, 2021. Snow Machine co-founder Quentin Nolan says the bubble closure wasn’t the news he and fel...

In this week’s article, we examine the case of Lizzol v. Brothers Property Management Corp., 2016 WL 6459570 (D.N.H. 2016)(Lizzol I) and Lizzol v. Brothers Property Management Corp., 2007 DNH 183 (D.N.H. 2017)(Lizzol II) wherein the Court noted in Lizzol II that “This case turns on the enforceability of contractual waivers of negligence that plaintiffs executed prior to participating in a guided snowmobile tour. During the tour plaintiffs’ snowmobile crashed, causing them serious injuries...

By: Christie Eliezer In the wake of the Australian chart topping status of Kings Of Leon’s When You See Yourself album, TEG Dainty has the Tennessee band of brothers and cousin back Down Under for their first visit in ten years. “Kings of Leon’s Australian shows in 2011 were nothing short of phenomenal and this time around the band will also be riding high after celebrating yet another #1-charting album in this country,” said president/CEO Pa...

Print article A person who shot and injured a village police officer in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta community of Nunapitchuk on Tuesday was apprehended after they fled to Bethel, Alaska State Troopers said. Troopers identified the suspect as 37-year-old Nunapitchuk resident Daris Larson and said that charges were “forthcoming.” Troopers in Bethel were notified shortly after 3 p.m. Tuesday that a prisoner “who was being secured at the Nunapitchuk Public Safety Building” shot a village p...

Print article An Iditarod volunteer and two state wildlife troopers in Skwentna rescued an 8-year-old boy who had fallen through the river ice at the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race checkpoint on Tuesday. “It happened really fast. I was glad I was at the right place at the right time,” said Doug Ramsey, an Iditarod volunteer from Sundance, Wyoming. Ramsey wouldn’t have been at Skwentna, the first checkpoint of this year’s Iditarod, in a normal year. But a course change meant the race wo...

Matthew Sturm’s “Field Guide to Snow” provides some of the most interesting anecdotes and data on the history of snow in the state.

2 men missing after fire destroys old school, cuts water and sewer to multiple homes in Southwest Alaska community Published March 10 Share on Facebook Print article Two Chevak men remain missing days after a fire devoured the former school building in the Southwest Alaska community, subsequently causing power outages and leaving many homes without water or sewer. In the early hours of Monday morning, flames began pouring out of the abandoned school building, Alaska State Troopers said in...