North Slope Borough, AK
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The North Slope Borough covers Alaska’s entire Arctic coastline north of the Brooks Range, with Utqiagvik (formerly Barrow) as the borough seat — the northernmost city in the United States. Court matters fall under the Second Judicial District at the Utqiagvik courthouse, and the local economy is dominated by Prudhoe Bay oil and gas operations, North Slope Borough government, and Inupiat subsistence whaling.