Barrow News

Fans of the graphic novel and of the film 30 Days of Night are likely to be disappointed in the sequel 30 Days of Night: Dark Days .

With large-scale drilling in the Arctic planned for this summer, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy wants to give Coast Guard leaders the information they need to supervise the drilling and plan for more activity in the region in the coming years.

Back in October 1988, there was a heartwarming human-interest story that briefly swept more serious events off the world's TV screens.

The year is 1988 . Ronald Reagan is preparing to leave office as his VP George H. W. Bush runs for election against Michael Dukakis.

What they're saying in the balcony I asked readers to tell me their favorite whale film.

Patrick Sessoms - Born and raised in the sunshine state, Patrick grew up loving movies.

IN 1988, countries came together in a rare demonstration of solidarity to free three grey whales stranded in the pack ice near Barrow Point in Alaska.

John Krasinski and Drew Barrymore in Big Miracle AP Photo Sun staff photos can be ordered by visiting our MyCapture site.

When police entered a Barrow apartment last week on a report of a child not breathing, they found a caregiver smelling of alcohol, two "extremely" hypothermic and naked children, and a child's bedroom with the window open to the Arctic winter, according to documents filed by prosecutors.

Emmy Award Nominated Director Ken Kwapis made a personal appearance for the showing of his new film Big Miracle at the Cinmas Palme D'Or in Palm Desert last Saturday evening .

When I saw the story, I felt such an overwhelming sense of sadness. I had just spent an evening with an aaka and aapa and their 5-year-old grandson.

Loosely based on Thomas Rose 's 1989 "Freeing the Whales: How the Media Created the World's Greatest Non-Event" about the real-life, Reagan-era rescue that riveted the nation's attention onto the tiny town of Barrow, Alaska, this family-friendly, feel-good story revolves around the plight of three gray whales trapped under a thickening slab of ice ... (more)

The mother of a Barrow child who died after being beaten has been arrested. Anchorage police say 28-year-old Esther Edwards-Gust was arrested on a warrant issued from Barrow on Monday.

Anchorage police have arrested a Barrow woman charged in connection with the beating of her 3-year-old child, who later died, and the beating of her 1-year-old baby.

Verena Berger will read from and sign copies of her new book Thursday evening at the Open Book starting at 7 p.m. Verena Berger took a big chance when she left her homeland of Switzerland to marry the man she loved in Canada - well actually, in Alaska.

Almost 25 years ago, the world's attention was rapt on three gray whales stranded by encroaching sea ice off the coast of Alaska and the effort to free them.

The domestic violence case against a 28-year-old Barrow man became a homicide investigation over the weekend with the death of one of the victims, a 3-year-old child, the North Slope Borough Police Department reported.

Bill Hess took some of the first photographs of the California gray whales trapped in ice off Point Barrow in 1988.

From the trailers, "Big Miracle"A seemed like a cheesy, feel-good movie with little plot.

If you see the movie "Big Miracle," you'll notice a couple of Minnesota guys depicted onscreen.