[Texting in Alaska Native languages? It's easier now, thanks to this app.] In Utqiaġvik – formerly Barrow — the AC store has had signs in Inupiaq since 2012, said store manager Mark Hailstone.

Critics have targeted the AC Quickstop, the first liquor store in Southwest Alaska's largest city in more than 40 years, since it opened two years ago. They say it has contributed to a spike in ...