The Northwest Arctic Borough Economic Development Department has been hard at work organizing Lemonade Day for the Northwest Arctic Region. Lemonade Day will take place on June 23. We will have contests for all the young entrepreneurs and all participants can enter to win a bicycle! Our Lemonade Day meeting to collect supplies will be Learn More
Lemonade Day is Coming! – June 23
Public Notice to construction contractors, labor unions, and private individuals. #2
Notice to construction contractors, labor unions, and private individuals. The Northwest Arctic Borough intends to solicit assistance from the Department of Defense’s Innovative Readiness Training Program. The assistance will include support for planning, design, and construction of the Kivalina Evacuation and Access Road from Kivalina to the new school site near Kisimigiuqtuq Hill. The proposed Learn More
North Slope Borough and Northwest Arctic Borough meet in Kotzebue
On Friday, May 25, the Northwest Arctic Borough met with representatives from the North Slope Borough at Nullagvik. They mainly discussed the upcoming Joint Assembly Meeting that will be taking place in Utqiaqvik (Barrow) in July. They talked about past resolutions that will be reviewed at the July meeting and discussed other items that will be Learn More
VIF – Budget Ordinance – FY18 & FY19
Ordinance 17-09 amendment 01 (FY18 – ending June 30, 2018) Ordinance 17-09 (FY18- ending June 30, 2018) Ordinance 18-03 (FY19 – beginning July 1, 2018)
VIF Annual Report
Annual VIF Report to Public (2018)
Bed Bugs Fact Sheet
Download Alaska Department of Health and Social Services BED BUG FACT SHEET
Check out recent updates to the Economic Development Energy page
Arctic Waterways Safety Committee
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
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
Tobacco Excise Tax Information
Tobacco Tax Notice
Public Notice to construction contractors, labor unions, and private individuals.
PUBLIC NOTICE Posted 5/31/18 Notice to construction contractors, labor unions, and private individuals. The Northwest Arctic Borough intends to solicit assistance from the Department of Defense’s Innovative Readiness Training Program. The assistance will include support for planning, design, and construction of the Kivalina Evacuation and Access Road from Kivalina to the new school site near Learn More
VIF – Action Items (April)
Village Improvement Commission Actions Taken – April 2018
Revenue & Expenditure Report – FY ending 6/30/18
VIF Revenue and Expenditures Report
WEATHER ALERT!
Update on the high water for Saturday-Sunday this includes Kivalina and Deering
