ASTAC Donation Expands Reading Program in North Slope Schools

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ASTAC Donation Expands Reading Program in North Slope Schools

Utqiaġvik, Alaska – Arctic Slope Telephone Association Cooperative (ASTAC) has donated $15,000 to the North Slope Borough School District’s Battle of the Books program. This is ASTAC’s sixth year sponsoring the region’s reading competition and during that time the number of participants has grown by 40 percent. About 490 students took part in the program […]

World’s Northern-most Golf Tournament a Major Success

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World’s Northern-most Golf Tournament a Major Success

  (Utqiaġvik, Alaska) – After a day on the 9-hole ice course, “The L3mmings” of Utqiaġvik took home first prize at the 5th-annual Top of the World Golf Tournament on Sunday. The tournament is the northern-most golf competition in the world and is a part of the annual Piuraaġiaqta Festival. Arctic Slope Telephone Association Cooperative (ASTAC) and City of Utqiaġvik (Barrow) […]