Mayor Clement Richards Sr. is now accepting letters of interest from youth throughout the Northwest Arctic Borough to fill 2 youth representatives on the Assembly as advisory seats.
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NAB – Teck Agree on PILT Agreement
The Northwest Arctic Borough (NAB) and the operator of the Red Dog Mine, Teck Alaska, announced that a new 10-year Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Agreement has been finalized by the parties. Download Announcement
Bed Bugs Fact Sheet
Download Alaska Department of Health and Social Services BED BUG FACT SHEET
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Arctic Waterways Safety Committee
Selawik Wildlife Refuge – Caribou News
As most people know by now, the number of caribou in our region’s herd, the Western Arctic Herd, is dropping. It’s down to 201,000 in the most recent count (as of summer 2016); when the decline started in 2003, there were 490,000 caribou in the herd. Alaska Department of Fish & Game plans to do Learn More
Assembly Retreat – Seattle
12-16-16-special-meeting-notice-of-the-assembly
Tobacco Excise Tax Information
The Borough enacted a tobacco excise tax, effective July 1, 2016. Like many other jurisdictions, the Borough tobacco excise tax is only imposed on “distributors”— businesses that bring cigarettes or other tobacco products into the Borough for sale to local stores or retailers. Every distributor who brings cigarettes into the Borough must register with the Learn More
2016 General Election Notice
Notice of General Election Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, October 4, 2016, the General Election of the Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, will be held in accordance with Alaska Statute… Read More: 2016 General Election – 2nd Revised Notice
Red Dog Earnings
The Great Giveaway Teck achieved an 80-cent discount in the negotiation of the 2010 payment in lieu of taxes (Pilt) agreement, costing the Northwest Arctic Borough… Read More
