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The Japanese Defense Ministry Naval Training vessel JDS Kashima was offshore of Nome on September 10 and 11 as part of a training cruise.
This was the ship’s first visit to the region and the first...
COVID-19 case numbers in the Bering Strait/Norton Sound region are down with four new cases found since last week, bringing the regional total to 58. The first new infection was announced on...
A crew of volunteers with the backing of the Nome Kennel Club have the Topkok Cabin on the Iditarod Trail back in top shape and ready to shelter mushers and local travelers who find themselves caught...
The coordinated search for Florence Okpealuk continues with the additional help of six FBI officers who came to Nome on Friday, Sept. 11.
Florence Okpealuk, 33, was last seen in the early morning...
After more than a week of having been reported missing, Florence Okpealuk, 33 years old, has still not been found.
On August 31, the Nome Police Department posted on Facebook that NPD is looking to...
There were four new documented cases of COVID-19 in the Bering Strait/Norton Sound region this week, bringing the total number of cases up to 54, with nine currently active.
The first two new cases...
As schools around Alaska and the country grapple with reopening in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Bering Strait School District is in the early stages of bringing students back into the...
In a Senate hearing on Friday, August 21, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy mentioned that the Alaska Bypass Mail program was “on the table” for Postal Service budget cuts. The comment concerned many in...
After nearly a year of $5-a-gallon gas, the sign at Bonanza Fuel is advertising subsistence gasoline on sale for $3.699 a gallon. Up the road at Crowley the price is $3.75 a gallon.
Why the big...
Eight more COVID-19 cases have appeared this week in the Bering Strait/Norton Sound region and in regional residents traveling elsewhere in the state. This brings the total number of regional cases...