An Alaska judge has rescheduled a court hearing in a lawsuit challenging the new Inupiaq name of the nation’s northernmost town.
North Slope
Local corporation sues city of Utqiagvik to halt name-change
A local native corporation is suing the city formerly known as Barrow, demanding it halts the official name-change to Utqiagvik. At least for now. The official switch from Barrow to Utqiagvik is scheduled to go into affect today.
Armstrong Oil and Gas has high hopes for another North Slope find this winter
Armstrong and its partner Repsol, a Spanish company, say a development there could produce about 120,000 barrels of oil per day. That’s almost a quarter of the amount currently flowing through the pipeline. Armstrong Energy director Ed Kerr says the company aims to deliver first oil in 2022.
Former Attorney General Richards joins Bering Straits Native Corp.
Alaska’s former attorney general has a new job. Craig Richards will be the vice president and general counsel for the Bering Straits Native Corporation. Richards says he looks forward to serving the Nome region.
AMCC inmates prepped for work on the North Slope
Inmates at the Anvil Mountain Correctional Center were taught safety guidelines necessary for work on the North Slope.
North Slope schools expand curricula to ‘reflect ideologies of the Inupiat’
North Slope government and history is now part of high school graduation requirements for all North Slope Borough schools. The borough school board passed a new policy this month making the curriculum change mandatory for students, effectively beginning with freshmen who start in 2017.