Barrow News

Minnesota is the Land of 10,000 Lakes, but Alaska has more than that in the great expanse of flatlands north of the Brooks Range.

Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of summer, but a large swath of the U.S. will skip right to mid-summer heat this weekend, likely breaking records and leading to one of the hottest Indy 500 races on record.

Pete Slaiby is eating breakfast with an Eskimo businessman at a Mexican restaurant across the street from the Arctic Ocean when two Coast Guard admirals happen to walk in.

Chef Al Levinsohn was born in Southern California and raised in the Seattle area.

Back in February 1982, a newly formed community radio station entered the airwaves, broadcasting KCAW's programming to Sitka, Angoon, Elfin Cove, Kake, Pelican, Port Alexander, Tenakee Springs, Yakutat and a wide swath of coastal fishing grounds.

Throughout the winter in Talkeetna, a group of kids gathers around the wreck of a Piper Cherokee Six plane.

Holly Sheldon Lee poses in front of a Sheldon Air Service DeHavilland Beaver at the base camp of Mount McKinley during the 2011 climbing season.

Alaska bluegrass music, as thumped out by a band of brothers of different mothers, sports a distinctive look - Carhartts, the Alaska-casual dress of choice.

Marian T. Beck is the author of the Salmon Patties & Rosehip Pie Cookbook, which contains more than 60 recipes that are simple to prepare.

Children can take advantage of many learning opportunities at the garden, from school tours to junior master gardener camp to story time in the garden.

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A 28-year-old Barrow man faces attempted murder charges after he fired a shotgun Sunday at an occupied pickup truck, police say.

The Arctic Sounder rounds up statistics from the spring whale hunt on Alaska's Arctic coast: 10 bowheads landed in Barrow, two in Point Hope and one in Wainwright.

The former longtime head of the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to stealing and misspending hundreds of thousands of dollars from the organization, and her successor is scheduled to plead to similar charges Wednesday.

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