http://www.thearcticsounder.com Serving the Northwest Arctic and the North Slope en-us 2012 Alaska Newspapers, Inc. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 02:11:00 CST 1440 http://www.thearcticsounder.com http://www.thearcticsounder.com/graphics/rss_as.gif http://www.thearcticsounder.com/article/1205two_shot_in_barrow_attack http://www.thearcticsounder.com/article/1205two_shot_in_barrow_attack A young Barrow man is facing attempted murder charges after allegedly shooting two other Barrow residents over the weekend. Fri, 13 Dec 1901 14:45:52 CST http://www.thearcticsounder.com/article/1205kivalina_woman_allegedly_stabs_family_member http://www.thearcticsounder.com/article/1205kivalina_woman_allegedly_stabs_family_member A Kivalina resident remains in stable condition after having suffered a serious stab wound on Saturday. The family member charged with allegedly stabbing him, Rhonda Norton, 30, is in custody at the Kotzebue holding facility. Fri, 13 Dec 1901 14:45:52 CST http://www.thearcticsounder.com/article/1205from_the_publisher_public_involvement_will http://www.thearcticsounder.com/article/1205from_the_publisher_public_involvement_will This feels like deacute;jagrave; vu, at least for us it certainly seems like it. Here we are resurrecting a newspaper that stopped printing last August. The new and combined newspaper of The Bristol Bay Times and The Dutch Harbor Fisherman come back into print this week. Fri, 13 Dec 1901 14:45:52 CST http://www.thearcticsounder.com/article/1205concern_for_ambler_mining_road http://www.thearcticsounder.com/article/1205concern_for_ambler_mining_road On January 12, 2012, I attended a public meeting in Kotzebue hosted by The Alaska Department of Transportation. I went to see what the plan was related to the proposed road to the Ambler Mining District as well as future roads in the NW Arctic Borough. Fri, 13 Dec 1901 14:45:52 CST http://www.thearcticsounder.com/article/1205from_the_editor_alaska_[--]_the_origional http://www.thearcticsounder.com/article/1205from_the_editor_alaska_[--]_the_origional This week, while the real Alaska was shivering through the end of a month of record-low temperatures, in the movie world, the state was red hot. Everybody is talking about Alaska these days mdash; from the debut of the movie quot;Big Miraclequot; to a whole new pack of quot;reality TV showsquot; set in the Last Frontier. Frankly, I find it a little disturbing. Fri, 13 Dec 1901 14:45:52 CST http://www.thearcticsounder.com/article/1205lets_work_together_to_bend_the_corrections http://www.thearcticsounder.com/article/1205lets_work_together_to_bend_the_corrections You may have seen a lot of news lately about the rising cost of Alaska's corrections system. We have to face the facts: Prisons are incredibly expensive mdash; regardless of where or how they are built. It's time for us to start focusing on why we have had to build a new prison in the first place. Fri, 13 Dec 1901 14:45:52 CST http://www.thearcticsounder.com/article/1205meeting_gathers_north_slope_education_borough http://www.thearcticsounder.com/article/1205meeting_gathers_north_slope_education_borough The leaders of two North Slope public service organizations will meet Wednesday Feb. 8 to discuss future goals and funding for area schools. Fri, 13 Dec 1901 14:45:52 CST http://www.thearcticsounder.com/article/1205dudes_with_books http://www.thearcticsounder.com/article/1205dudes_with_books The Tuzzy Consortium Library has partnered with Fred Ipalook Elementary School to kick off another season of guys reading in Barrow. The program invites men from the community to come and read to the fourth-grade boys during their lunch period. Fri, 13 Dec 1901 14:45:52 CST http://www.thearcticsounder.com/article/1205chythlook-sifsof_takes_on_world_at_x_games http://www.thearcticsounder.com/article/1205chythlook-sifsof_takes_on_world_at_x_games She didn't win a medal at the Winter X Games like she did last year, but it almost doesn't matter because Callan Chythlook-Sifsof of Dillingham is feeling too good. quot;I'm riding about as well as I ever have,quot; she said by phone from Aspen, Colo. quot;I definitely feel on top of my game.quot; Fri, 13 Dec 1901 14:45:52 CST http://www.thearcticsounder.com/article/1205barrow-point_hope_girls_play_nail-biters http://www.thearcticsounder.com/article/1205barrow-point_hope_girls_play_nail-biters The Barrow and Point Hope girls basketball teams played a couple of great games over the weekend, but the Class 3A Whalers outlasted the 2A Harpoonerettes en route to the series sweep. Fri, 13 Dec 1901 14:45:52 CST