It was an affecting scene, and it highlighted just how crucial air service is in rural Alaska communities like Golovin, an Inupiat Eskimo village ... from hubs in Nome, Kotzebue and Unalakleet.

He’d reportedly been headed to the larger community of Kotzebue. “Alaska Wildlife Troopers were able to land a plane on skis and transport Booth to Kotzebue, where he was transported to the ...