The city says seasonal structures around the Swan Lake dock have also washed away. Kotzebue schools and numerous businesses remained closed on Wednesday. The town’s airport runways closed on ...

The city also has prioritized replacing two of the city’s aging water loops, Swan Lake and Lagoon, estimated at $30-35 million dollars. Kotzebue has five water loops which feed drinking water to ...

A fall storm inundated streets with water and caused flight interruptions and damage to several houses in Kotzebue on Tuesday ... and Fire Chief Replogle Swan Sr. “We have very high water ...