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Alaska Airlines bringing service to Philadelphia...
Alaska Airlines, popular in the Pacific Northwest and known for customer service, will begin daily nonstop flights between Seattle and Philadelphia, starting June 11.
DNR claims mission statement isn't a philosophy...
The commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources told lawmakers Tuesday that no philosophical change is intended in a proposed a new mission statement deleting the words "conserve" and…Click to Continue »
Dimond girls overwhelm Thunderbirds 71-42 in...
The powerhouse Dimond Lynx girls basketball team rolled to a 71-42 victory over an energy-depleted East squad Tuesday night at East.Click to Continue »
West 52, Chugiak 47 in boys high school basketball
Trailing 32-19 in the second half, the West Eagles full-court pressed their way back into the game Tuesday night to slip past Chugiak 52-47 in a CIC game in Chugiak.Click to Continue »
Rohde honored again for UAA basketball
For the second time this season, UAA center Taylor Rohde has earned Player of the Week honors from the Great Northwest Athletic Conference.Click to Continue »
Alaska redistricting board plans appeal
JUNEAU, Alaska - The Alaska Redistricting Board on Tuesday decided on a partial appeal of a judge's decision that they redraw four House districts. The board decided to challenge state court Judge...
Mackey leads Yukon Quest by a minute
Lance Mackey, back in the race for the first time since capturing his fourth consecutive championship in 2008, grabbed a narrow lead Tuesday in the 1,000-mile sled dog race between…Click to Continue »
Lynx land 7 on all-strar hockey team
Seven players from Dimond were among 20 boys named to the Cook Inlet Conference's all-conference boys hockey team. Twelve players were named to the girls teams…Click to Continue »
Blore, Olsen on target in trapshooting
Andy Blore and Ben Olsen took top honors at last weekend's trapshooting competition at Birchwood Recreation Shooting Park in Chugiak.Click to Continue »
Death of woman, 67, found in apartment called...
Anchorage police said in a written statement this evening that a 67-year-old woman found dead Monday died as a result of homicide. Police have not yet notified the woman's next…Click to Continue »
Redistricting board plans appeal of judge's...
The Alaska Redistricting Board on Tuesday decided on a partial appeal of a judge's decision that they redraw four House districts.Click to Continue »
FBI assists in search for abducted barista
Surveillance video reveals a young woman abducted nearly a week ago in Anchorage appeared frightened by the man who took her, a detective supervising the investigation said Tuesday.Click to Continue »
Audit takes a new dig at Native contracting...
The debate over the sole source contracting privileges that Alaska Native corporations have used to make billions of dollars is flaring in Congress with a new government audit that found…Click to Continue »
Snow load begins to worry building owners
The more than 100 inches of snow that has fallen on Anchorage so far this winter is starting to push buildings to the breaking point. Two roofs of commercial buildings…Click to Continue »
Wasilla residents vote to recall City Councilman...
Wasilla residents have voted to recall City Councilman Steve Menard after he trashed a motel room in Sitka last summer.Click to Continue »

Man charged in connection with Barrow shooting
North Slope Borough Police say a 20-year-old man has been arrested on attempted murder charges in connection with a shooting in Barrow that left two people injured.Click to Continue »
Pebble, liquor, bags, stoves on ballots across...
Today is a big election day across Alaska, with votes scheduled on the Pebble mine, liquor sales in Barrow, a plastic bag tax in Juneau, wood stoves in Fairbanks and local races including who will be the mayors of Wasilla and the North Slope Borough.
Slope Assembly backs whaling commission despite...
Despite the alleged theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission, the North Slope Borough Assembly says it is confident its commission contributions are being "appropriately managed."
Early education the focus of North Slope's first...
Inupiaq lyrics rang through the Tuzzy Library in Barrow on May 4, as Edith Nageak of the North Slope Borough Health Department taught parents and toddlers the baby-cooing and clapping song, "Saa Maa Si Maa."
Three survive early-morning medevac crash near...
A medical flight carrying three people crashed early Monday morning outside of the Inupiat village of Atqasuk, according to the North Slope Borough.
Aviation investigator: Icing may have been at...
An aviation safety investigator said he's looking into the possibility that a North Slope Borough medevac plane that crashed early this morning failed after too much ice built-up on the plane.
Three suffer minor injuries after plane crashes...
The North Slope Borough search and rescue department is not yet providing details about an airplane that went down during a medevac flight from Barrow to Atqasuk.
Police charge Anaktuvuk man for importing booze
Robert Williams, 23, faces a charge of Importation of Alcohol Beverages into a Local Option Area, a class A misdemeanor, North Slope Borough Police reported in a written statement.
NOAA hearing on proposed listing of ringed,...
At Barrow tonight, March 22, the hearing will be held from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Inupiat Heritage Center. Telephone access to the Barrow hearing will be available at the North Slope Borough Teleconferencing Centers in Kaktovik, Wainwright, Point Lap, Point Hope, Nuiqsut, Atqasuk, and Anaktuvuk Pass.A third hearing will be held in Nome.
Three teens face charges after reportedly stealing...
A police officer trying to pull over a cab driving without headlights got a surprise when the cabbie fell out of the rear door, according to a statement from the North Slope Borough Police Department.
Two arrested for bringing lots of whiskey into...
Kathleen Oyagak, 20 and Pamela Oyagak, 21, were contacted March 10 about 10 p.m. by police at the Purcell Security Checkpoint in Deadhorse, reported the North Slope Borough Police Department in a written statement.
Alaska Natives team up with Rosetta Stone
The North Slope Borough and Rosetta Stone software company plan to unveil a program this spring specially designed to teach the North Slope Inupiaq dialect, using the photos and voices of Inupiaq people recorded in Barrow.
Native groups announce they will sue over polar...
A coalition of Native groups, led by Arctic Slope Regional Corporation and the North Slope Borough, have announced they will sue the Department of the Interior over polar bear
Historic paintings of Barrow return to North Slope
The North Slope Borough purchased three 19th century watercolors created at the moment of first contact between the people in Barrow and a non-indigenous culture.
Itta announces 'concern' over polar bear...
North Slope Borough Mayor Edward S. Itta announced he's concerned with the designation of critical habitat for the threatened polar bear under the Endangered Species Act.
North Slope Borough, Shell plan joint scientific...
Shell Alaska and the North Slope Borough said this week that they will collaborate on scientific research aimed at concerns about oil drilling on Alaska's Arctic Ocean outer continental shelf.
Shell, Alaska borough plan joint science studies
ANCHORAGE - Shell Alaska and the North Slope Borough announced Thursday they will collaborate on scientific research aimed at concerns about petroleum drilling on Alaska's Arctic Ocean outer continental shelf.
Sage, Brower in run-off for School Board seat C
Of all the seats in the North Slope and Northwest Arctic Oct. 4 election, none were so hotly contested as the four-way race for North Slope Borough School Board seat C, which ended with Mary Sage and Charles D.N. Brower nearly nose-to-nose - Sage capturing 447 votes and Brower reeling in 443, Qaiyaan Harcharek with 246 and Gage Saxton at 181 according to the at the latest (unofficial) count.
Police seize meth in Barrow
North Slope Borough police seized 2 grams of methamphetamines and 5.26 ounces of marijuana from a Barrow residence Sept. 27.
North Slope educators plan Inupiaq curriculum
About 50 educators and school administrators met for a weeklong in-service Aug. 2 to 6 to set the groundwork for how Inupiaq education will be incorporated into North Slope Borough School District classrooms.
Village man dies while skimming snowmachine on...
A 40-year-old man died Friday in Anaktuvuk Pass while attempting to skip a snowmachine across a lake, say North Slope Borough police.
Boy, 12, arrested in shooting of 9-year-old girl
WAINWRIGHT -- A 12-year-old boy has been arrested on a felony assault charge after he shot and injured a young girl in Wainwright last week, according to North Slope Borough police.
Nuiqsut man found with 4.59 ounces of marijuana
North Slope Borough police in Nuiqsut stopped Vernon L. Bennett, 25, for operating a vehicle after vehicle curfew hours. During a search of Bennett's vehicle and person, officers found 4.59 ounces of marijuana
Itta says drilling suspension the right call
North Slope Borough Mayor Edward Itta said today he supports the Obama administration's decision to postpone drilling in the Arctic for at least a year.
Man dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound in Barrow
North Slope Borough police officers and emergency medical personnel responded to a report that a 49-year-old man had shot himself in Barrow around 11:52 p.m. May 22, according to a police department release.

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