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The Australian company seeking to develop a large oil discovery on Alaska’s North Slope may be purchased by a consortium ...
Barrow, Alaska, Changes Its Name ... The website for the North Slope Borough School District, of which the high school in Utqiagvik is part, still lists an address in "Barrow, AK." ...
November 2017 averaged 17.2°F in Utqiaġvik (Barrow), Alaska, a new monthly record. Utqiaġvik has seen dramatic warming throughout the year, especially in winter.
BARROW, Alaska -- Late last week ... The federal government didn’t tackle the long-festering question of who owned Alaska’s North Slope until a mother lode of oil was discovered on the North ...
More than 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle, Alaska’s North Slope is ground zero for global climate change. NewsHour producer April Brown reports the melting ice has opened up opportunity for ...
Barrow is the biggest community in the North Slope Borough, a 95,000-square mile area about the size of Michigan, with eight villages that aren't linked by roads.
Fannie Suvlu, mayor of Utqiaġvik, said the recent name change of the city has been divisive among residents. “I have no preference, whether I’m in Barrow or whether I’m in Utqiaġvik.
A 28-year-old Barrow-area woman missing since May was found dead this month south of the city, North Slope Borough police said Thursday. They would not say whether foul play is suspected.
Photo courtesy of Brook Gondara: She is the president of Ilisagvik College in Barrow, Alaska. In its effort to serve Alaskans, especially those on the North Slope, it has enacted a few new programs.
BARROW, Alaska (AP) — Nearly every shareholder of the Barrow-based Arctic Slope Regional Corp. will be pocketing about $4,000 just before the holidays.