John Creed

OPINION: Kotzebue is a far cry from road-system Alaska, Mr. President, as you'll learn in the midst of a heartfelt welcome.

Introducing a new series of personal essays from high school honors students enrolled in the dual-credit Chukchi College Honors Program in Kotzebue.

OPINION: The UAF faculty senate needs a better system of representation so that sparsely populated regions of Alaska it serves have a greater voice in governance.

Former state Sen. Al Adams passed away in August, but he left his impression behind on Alaska and its legislature, where he served for 20 years.

Longtime Alaska state Sen. Al Adams attended Mount Edgecumbe High School, 1,000 miles from his hometown of Kotzebue. Decades later, he was integral in saving the boarding school from destruction.

Legislator Al Adams made it a priority to help rural Alaskans cope with soaring energy costs -- and became an architect of Alaska's Power Cost Equalization program to do just that.

Son's close call brings issue of rural health care to the fore for Kotzebue parents.

Why does the Alaska Press Club's board believe Anne Kilkenny, a Sarah Palin critic, deserves a "Special Recognition" award?

KOTZEBUE-Alaska's largest press association has renamed its esteemed First Amendment Award after two crusading journalists who changed the course of state history in the latter half of the 20th Century

 James Magdanz Ruthie Tatqavin Sampson in 1993. KOTZEBUE-Ruthie Tatqavin Sampson left the world much too soon. Her recent sudden passing, at just 54 years old, shocked just about everyone who knew and loved Northwest Arctic Alaska's renowned Inupiaq scholar and educator. Most everyone expected Ruthie to continue advancing Inupiaq language and culture for decades to come. That's why her departure continues to stun so many throughout Alaska and beyond.

John Creed of Kotzebue, meet John Creed of Ireland