Set between Arctic tundra and the icy ocean, Utqiaġvik is the northernmost city in the US, home to about 4,500 people and ...

City of Barrow will change name to Utqiagvik and is also seeking to use the Iñupiat word for stop on its traffic signs Residents of the northernmost community in the US have voted to change their city ...

In a place like the Alaskan Arctic, local issues often unfold on a national, or even international scale. Oil companies, the state, the federal government, environmental groups — they all have ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Residents in the nation's northernmost community have voted to change the name of the Alaska town to its traditional Inupiat Eskimo name. A slight majority of voters in the largely ...

Sealaska Heritage Institute has published a book of old, rare and priceless photographs of Inupiat life in the early twentieth century made by an Inupiat photographer and teacher. The book, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Doreen Leavitt of the Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope told House members during the Nov. 29 hearing. (Photo/Hearing ...

In recent years, the eyes of the world have been focused on the Arctic. With global warming becoming a major political issue and environmental groups spending millions to purchase a voice in the ...

As an Iñupiaq mother, a shareholder of Arctic Slope Regional Corp. and former employee, as well as a granddaughter of the late Lena and Abe Simmonds, Jr. of Nuiqsut and Utqiagvik, Alaska, I must share ...

As the first snows coat Alaska, families are bracing for a long and difficult winter in the midst of historically high energy prices. Across the Lower 48, many will face similar hardships as heating ...