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News wrap: Headlines in Kotzebue

2021-07-03

(KOTZEBUE, AK) Here are today’s top stories from the Kotzebue area.

Pulled from contributors around the region, here’s a glimpse of what’s going on nearby. For more stories from the Kotzebue area, click here.

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Kotzebue / kotz.org

After community spread, Buckland resident tests positive for COVID-19 in Kotzebue

A Buckland resident has tested positive for COVID-19, according to regional health care provider Maniilaq Association. Health officials say the resident tested positive in Kotzebue last Friday, June 25. The resident is currently not experiencing any symptoms of the virus, and is medically isolated in Kotzebue. Maniilaq officials say the resident is not linked to a previous positive case, and attribute the case to community spread in the region. The resident had spent time in Shungnak and Buckland in the two weeks before testing positive. Read more

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Kotzebue / kotz.org

City of Kotzebue outlines paving plans for Fifth Avenue and Bison

The city of Kotzebue will see some construction on two of its busiest roads next month. City manager Tom Atkinson says the contractor Quality Asphalt Paving was already up in Kotzebue for a separate project. “Quality Asphalt is up here working on the airport runway,” Atkinson said. “So we’re taking... Read more

Alaska man pleads guilty to sex abuse, murder of 10-year-old

KOTZEBUE, Alaska (TCD) -- A man pleaded guilty this week to sexually abusing and murdering a 10-year-old girl in 2018 whose body was found on a tundra miles away from where she was last seen. The Anchorage Daily News reports Peter Vance Wilson pleaded guilty to charges of first-degree murder... Read more

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things like this people need to be upset about ..she will never get to grow up ...this is so wrong

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Kodiak / kmxt.org

Coast Guard opens forward operating location Kotzebue for the season

Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak crews opened their forward operating location in Kotzebue, according to a Coast Guard press release this morning. Forward operating locations such as the one in Kotzebue allow the Coast Guard to reduce their response time to Alaska’s northwestern coast. Helicopters and equipment are transferred up in Summer months. Read more

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