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In 1888, a Presbyterian church was built by United States missionaries at Utqiagvik. The church is still in use today. In 1889, a whaling supply and rescue station was built. It is the oldest wood-frame building in Utqiagvik and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The rescue station was converted in 1896 for use as the retail ...
View an interactive map of Hurst Fire evacuation orders and warnings on the Cal Fire website. A map of evacuation orders and warnings for the Hurst Fire in California, as of 4:45 a.m. PT on Jan. 9 ...
You can follow him on X @GabeHauari or email him at Gdhauari@gannett.com. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Utqiagvik, Alaska won't see the sun again until January Show comments
(11:08 a.m. ET) All Sunset Fire Evacuations Lifted. The last evacuation order due to the Sunset Fire in the Hollywood Hills is now lifted as of 7:30 a.m. local time. The previously evacuated area ...
Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport has one asphalt paved runway (8/26) measuring 7,100 ft × 150 ft (2,164 m × 46 m). [1]For the 12-month period ending 11 January 2011, the airport had 12,010 aircraft operations, an average of 33 per day: 50% air taxi, 37% general aviation, 12% scheduled commercial and fewer than 1% military.
Point Barrow or Nuvuk is a headland on the Arctic coast in the U.S. state of Alaska, 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Utqiagvik (formerly Barrow). It is the northernmost point of all the territory of the United States, at 71°23′20″N 156°28′45″W / 71.38889°N 156.47917°W / 71.38889; -156.47917 ( Point Barrow ) , 1,122 ...
"I didn't even want to look because it moved so fast. I just wanted my husband to drive, drive, drive," said Miller. "You're trying to flee a fire but you couldn’t drive on the road." Read more ...
The Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope is headquartered in Utqiagvik, Alaska. [3] In 2023, the Biden administration advanced a $8 billion ConocoPhillips project to drill for oil and gas on Alaska's North Slope. Native reactions to the project have varied, but the Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope, as a representative of the North Slope ...