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SOLUTIONS NEEDED— NSHC’s board of director chairman Preston Rookok of Savoonga comments on the need for water and sewer systems that are woefully inadequate in the Bering Strait region, during the Monday announcement of the grant.
By Diana Haecker The Helmsley Charitable Trust of Colorado on Monday announced a $20 million grant to improve water, sanitation and hygiene in rural Alaska, mostly in communities of the Norton Sound...
By Julia Lerner The Nome Police Department may soon begin the process of earning its official accreditation following a motion from the Public Safety Advisory Commission on Monday. Accreditation is...
By Julia Lerner Since last week, the Norton Sound Health Corporation has identified ten new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of active cases in the region to 12. On Wednesday, June 2, an...
By Diana Haecker Clarice Leota “Bun” Hardy filed a civil lawsuit in federal court in February 2020 against the City of Nome, former NPD police chief John Papasodora and Lt. Nicholas Harvey, alleging...
PROCESSOR— Icicle’s processor Gordon Jensen is coming to Norton Sound to buy and process pink salmon this summer.
By Julia Lerner Icicle Seafoods wants to buy Norton Sound’s pink salmon. This summer, Icicle Seafoods plans to bring a processing vessel as well as four or five fishing tenders to buy pinks from...
By Julia Lerner Since last week, Norton Sound Health Corporation has identified ten new COVID-19 cases in the region, bringing the total number of active cases to nine. On Wednesday, May 26, NSHC...
Nicholas Reader played Taps.
By Diana Haecker Under sunny skies and a light breeze, Nome’s veterans and several National Guard members in uniform lead a somber parade down Front Street and to Belmont Point Cemetery to...
MINING PERMIT— Councilwoman Jennifer Reader confirms with Shawn Pomrenke of Northwest Gold Diggers where he plans to mine for gold within the Moonlight Wells Protective area, during Tuesday’s Nome Common Council meeting.
By Diana Haecker The Nome Common Council in a 4-1 vote (with one abstention) approved Northwest Gold Digger LLC’s permit application to mine within the boundary of the Moonlight Wells Protective...
VACCINATING— Chanelle Koonooka administers a distemper booster shot to a dog in Gambell on Monday.
By Diana Haecker The community of Gambell fought a distemper outbreak among its dog population this spring and managed to squash the epidemic in its early onset. Distemper is a deadly disease that...
LIITFIK CENTER— The Wellness and Training Center is open as of Monday, May 17.
By Julia Lerner The Liitfik Wellness and Training Center officially opened its doors to the public on Monday, May 17. The center, an outpatient clinic supporting individuals with behavioral health...

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