http://www.thearcticsounder.com Serving the Northwest Arctic and the North Slope en-us 2010 Alaska Newspapers, Inc. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:33:36 PST 1440 http://www.thearcticsounder.com http://www.thearcticsounder.com/graphics/rss_as.gif http://www.thearcticsounder.com/article/1010fairbanks_woman_caught_smuggling_marijuana_to_nuiqsut http://www.thearcticsounder.com/article/1010fairbanks_woman_caught_smuggling_marijuana_to_nuiqsut Barrow police caught a Fairbanks woman importing 90 grams of marijuana along with a couple bottles of vodka into Nuiqsut, which is a dry village. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:22:55 PST http://www.thearcticsounder.com/article/1010books_battle_goes_to_kotzebue_class http://www.thearcticsounder.com/article/1010books_battle_goes_to_kotzebue_class JNES Challengers Kaisa Kotch, 6, Kelly Thomas, Jr., 6, Kaitlyn Strickland, 7, from Mrs. Hulley's class in Kotzebue won the district championship for first grade over Kiana, Shungnak, Noatak, and Kivalina in the Battle of the Books. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:39:16 PST http://www.thearcticsounder.com/article/1010kiana_familys_kid_at_the_head_of_class http://www.thearcticsounder.com/article/1010kiana_familys_kid_at_the_head_of_class Toryn Dodd, 12, recently went to Washington, D.C., for the Junior National Young Leaders Conference. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:37:18 PST http://www.thearcticsounder.com/article/1010students_inducted_into_honor_society_in_kaktovik http://www.thearcticsounder.com/article/1010students_inducted_into_honor_society_in_kaktovik Three Kaktovik high school students were inducted into the Harold Kaveolook chapter of the National Honor Society on Feb. 23. Tracy Burns, Michelle Kayotuk, and Danielle Sims participated in the National Honor Society traditional candle ceremony led by fellow student and National Honor Society member, Philip Sittichinli. The students pledged to maintain their current high level of scholarship, service, leadership and good character. Tokens of membership were awarded and, as certificates were read aloud, parents presented them with pins. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:36:03 PST http://www.thearcticsounder.com/article/1010taking_the_north_slope_borough_into_a_count http://www.thearcticsounder.com/article/1010taking_the_north_slope_borough_into_a_count This year millions of Americans will answer a few simple questions for the federal government as part of the U.S. census. But before those census takers start knocking on North Slope doors, the North Slope Borough will have already finished its own census, one that's a little different than the national one. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:33:04 PST