PUBLIC NOTICE 2017 Absentee Notice click to download notice Northwest Arctic Borough General Election – October 3, 2017 ABSENTEE VOTING Any voter of the Northwest Arctic Borough who expects to be absent from their election precinct or who will be unable to vote in the Borough’s General Election by reason of physical disability on October Learn More
Public Notice – Absentee Voting
2nd General Notice of General Election
2nd Notice of General Election (click to download notice) NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2017, THE GENERAL ELECTION OF THE NORTHWEST ARCTIC BOROUGH, ALASKA, WILL BE HELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALASKA STATUTE CHAPTER 29.26 AND CHAPTER 4.04 OF THE NORTHWEST ARCTIC BOROUGH CODE FOR THE PURPOSE OF Learn More
Seeking Youth Representatives
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.
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
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
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
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