An arch made of whalebones and the frame of a traditional Inupiat umiat are displayed on the beach at Utqiagvik on Aug. 2, 2022. Utqiagvik, the northernmost U.S. community, is the population center of the North Slope Borough. The U.S. Justice Department said it is monitoring Tuesday's local elections on the North Slope Borough and two other rural Alaska areas. The regions being monitored are largely Alaska Native.
Other candidates are Doreen Lampe, a longtime borough assembly member; John Hopson Jr., a former Wainwright mayor who is currently on the borough assembly; and Anthony Edwardsen, a former president of the Ukpeagvik Iñupiat Corporation, the village Native corporation for Utqiagvik.Ask Amy: Our adult sons and their wives stay with us, use our cars and eat our food. They never offer to reciprocate.Ask Amy: Our adult sons and their wives stay with us, use our cars and eat our food.