Tom Atkinson is a 20-year resident of Kotzebue. He has worked in the community first as a grocery store manager, and later in municipal government as city manager.

After his time with the Air Force, he married into an Iñupiaq family and spent 27 years on Kotzebue’s City Council. He said if the military ever decided to resurrect a base here, the community ...

Photo courtesy of AC Kotzebue. A new Alaska Commercial Company store that has a wider variety of fresh food and sells ATVs and snowmachines opned in Kotzebue this month.

F AIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - The Alaska National Guard has been a vital part of recovery efforts in Kotzebue following a devastating flood and came in at the same time as winter began to set in.

KOTZEBUE, Alaska – With winter freeze-up just around the corner, Kotzebue residents and responders from across Alaska are racing against time to clean u ...