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Assembly votes for North Slope Borough to pay for officials’ family to join them on business trips

The North Slope Borough mayor and assembly members can now use borough funds to pay for travel expenses for their family members when the borough officials go on business trips.

Alena Naiden

Hunters use coastal radars to evaluate ice conditions. Soon they might be able to use them to predict ice breaking off.

UAF researchers are working to create an early warning alert system using the sea ice radar that has been showing ice conditions in Utqiaġvik for over a decade.

Alena Naiden

Iñupiaq and Yup’ik educators discuss teaching children in immersion settings and gaining fluency as adults

Language experts from the Bering Strait and North Slope regions met in Nome to discuss methods for teaching and learning local Native languages.

Alena Naiden

Artists collaborate on a new Selawik Refuge sign, weaving in the knowledge of seasons and subsistence

Alena Naiden

Several Northwest Alaska communities should have internet speeds as fast as in Anchorage

Alena Naiden

New report highlights increased polar bear presence and challenging travel in Northwest Alaska as the Arctic warms up

Alena Naiden

New Kotzebue AC offers ATVs, flowers and more fresh produce

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From ADN and other partners

Peltola ties congressional loss to ‘timing and luck,’ and eyes future plans with a laugh

Iris Samuels

Biden administration sets Jan. 9 lease sale for potential drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Alex DeMarban

Alaska development agency moves to provide $50M commitment to LNG project

Alex DeMarban

America’s first Arctic ambassador was just confirmed weeks ago. Now he could be out of a job.

Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal

Slight increase in Alaska’s minimum wage coming ahead of larger, voter-approved increase

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Beacon

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Atqasuk city mayor says election workers couldn’t reach state to call in vote count, delaying results

Alena Naiden

Burke wins race to represent Alaska’s House District 40

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Power restored in Point Hope after strong winds prompt overnight outage

Alena Naiden

Person found dead after house fire in Selawik

Alena Naiden

Online raffles in Alaska are popular but sometimes illegal, with risks for hosts and participants

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