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Mission Statement "The Northwest Arctic Borough will work aggressively to improve the quality of life for all residents." |
Ambler Buckland Candle Deering Kiana Kivalina Kobuk Kotzebue Noatak
Lowell Sage, Enoch Adams, Senator Murkowski, Eugene Monroe and Mayor Siikauraq Whiting meet in Washington DC in April, 2008
Dean Terencio, DSO-PE USCG Auxiliary, Mayor Siikauraq Whiting and RADM Brooks, USCG. The US Coast Guard gave a presentation at the Borough in March, 2008
March 24, 2008
Rep. and Mrs. Don Young visit NWAB Mayor, Assembly President and staff.
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Borough residents and visitors are encouraged to help keep our community and environment clean. Please remember to "pack out what you pack in". We are blessed to live in the arctic and we share in the responsibility in cleaning up after ourselves both in our community and out in the country.
Alaska State Legislature Teleconference Scheduling & Related Links
Kotzebue Legislative Information Office located @ 373 2nd Street aka Pillautuq Centre, Kotzebue
Phone: (907) 442-3880 Fax: (907) 442-3022
To see Buckland flooding photos, click the Buckland link above.
"Love for Children"
Photo Gallery
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Chukchi Consortium Library
Art Contest Winner is
Kevin Sutton
Emergency Operations Plan
located at the Public Services Local Emergency Planning Committee page
Borough Code Revision-Title 9
For information on the Revised Title 9 of the Borough Code visit the Planning Department page
Economic Development FY08 Workplan is now on-line! Visit the EDC page
Suliafich Art Center
The Borough art center has been renamed the Suliafich Art Center and has moved to 205 on 3rd Avenue (across from the 41 unit near the airport)
Phone 907.442.2990
Toll Free 866.553.2990
We look forward to meeting all borough residents. Please attend our public meetings and listen to what we are doing, voice your ideas and concerns and we look forward to working with you.
Mayor Siikauraq and staff will be traveling to all borough villages...dates, times and places posted as they become available.
Global
Warming News from Alaska
March 30, 2007
Reporting from The
Front Line
Climate Change Information
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New Borough Emergency/Disaster Phone Numbers: Borough Fire Chief: 907-442-6900 Public Services Director: 907-442-6901 Northwest Arctic Borough Position Openings Open until filled Community Planner and Permit Specialist Chukchi Community College Registrations begins July 28 Classes start September 2 For more information call 907.442.3400 1.800.478.3402 for Mary Ext 114 or Minnie Ext 115 Congratulations to the Class of 2008
The Survey of Living Conditions in the Arctic, or SLiCA, is an international joint effort of research and indigenous people to measure and understand living conditions in the Arctic. This website is intended to promote the use and understanding of SLiCA data. |
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The Alaska Climate Impact Assessment
Commission met in Juneau on Jan. 24, 2007.
Denali Commission Co-Chair George J. Cannelos testimony outlines
the commission's recommendations on how government should maximize
resources & best focus on responding to climate change.
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Formed in June 1986, the Northwest Arctic Borough is a home rule borough and is the local political subdivision of the State of Alaska. The borough has an eleven-member assembly, a seven member planning commission and a seventeen member staff.
The Northwest Arctic Borough is located in Northwest Alaska thirty-three miles north of the Arctic Circle. The Borough encompasses approximately 36,000 square miles and is the second largest borough in Alaska. The Borough has a population of approximately 7,300 and consists of 11 villages with Kotzebue serving as the regional hub. The Red Dog Mine, the world's largest lead and zinc mine, is also within the boundaries of the Northwest Arctic Borough. The Borough is accessible by air, land, and sea. There are no roads connecting the villages.
P.O. Box 1110,
Kotzebue, Alaska, 99752 - Toll free in Alaska: (800) 478-1110
Phone: (907) 442-2500 - Fax: (907) 442-2930