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Nov 15, 2011 | Anchorage Daily News

Barrow election certified; Brower takes mayor's office

North Slope Borough Assembly members named Charlotte Brower the new borough mayor today following a count of absentee and questioned ballots in Barrow, the borough clerk says.

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Wed Oct 12, 2011

KSKA

North Slope Finding Some Success in Fall Whaling Season

Johnnie Aiken is the executive director of the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission in Barrow.

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Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

North Slope Borough mayor's race heads to runoff

The North Slope Borough mayoral election is headed to a Nov. 8 runoff between former Assemblywoman Charlotte Brower and former Mayor George Ahmaogak.

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Wed Oct 05, 2011

Anchorage Daily News

Barrow voters reject liquor store; Juneau kills bag tax

Voters in Juneau said no to a 15-cent tax on plastic bags. Barrow residents rejected plans for a city-run liquor store while Valley voters agreed to pay hundreds more in property tax in order to fund new schools and roads.

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Tue Sep 13, 2011

KSKA

Chris Morgan Interview tonight on Nature: Bears of the Last Frontier, Part 3

In Part III, Morgan travels to the far north of Alaska, the tiny North Slope town of Kaktovik.

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