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On Sunday, Sept. 18, residents of the Nome region awoke to deal with the wreckage of ex-typhoon Merbok, one of the most destructive storms to hit Western Alaska in recent memory. When access to the...
A Nome man who was reported overdue as he was traveling from Koyuk to Nome on October 10, was found dead by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter search crew. Alaska State Troopers say that Bo Adams, 38,...
By Megan Gannon
Applications opened last week for Western Alaska residents to ask for assistance related to losses from ex-typhoon Merbok.
Local officials have been encouraging people to gather as...
By Diana Haecker
The unofficial, preliminary results of the Tuesday, Oct. 4 municipal elections in Nome indicate that Nome voters have repealed the seasonal sales tax and elected Cameron Piscoya as...
By Diana Haecker
A six-inch butter clam harvested on August 28 three miles north of Savoonga tested positive for saxitoxins, or paralytic shellfish poison, Norton Sound Health Corporation...
Two Russian men arrived by boat on St. Lawrence Island in the evening around 8 p.m. on Monday, October 3. Gambell officials informed federal and state officials and the community took care of the men...
By Megan Gannon
Just three weeks after ex-typhoon Merbok brought severe impacts to Western Alaska, another unusual storm is on its way to the Bering Strait region. The storm threatens to produce high...
Next week on Tuesday, Oct. 4, voters are asked to the municipal ballot box to vote on two Nome Common Council seats, two NJUS board seats, two School Board seats and the Nome representative on the...
By Jenni Monet
Robert “Bobby” Amarok could see the storm building out his kitchen window. Through paneless glass, he looked straight out onto Golovnin Lagoon where his daughter Lisa used to...
By Megan Gannon
At least 30 workers from the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities and Knik Construction are putting in long days to get the Nome-Council Highway open before...