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By Megan Gannon
Under current Alaska state law, it’s not enough for a victim of a sexual assault to say “No” to prove that consent wasn’t given. The use of force or the threat of death or physical...
North Pacific Fisheries Management Council members, including NOAA Regional Administrator Jon Kurland and Alaska Department of Fish and Game Commissioner Doug Vincent-Lang, visited Nome and...
COVID-19 transmission remains widespread in Alaska, as variants of the virus continue to spread, even among those who have been vaccinated.
Norton Sound Health Corporation’s Medical Director Dr. Mark...
The visitors clad in red coats and yellow hoods came ashore under the cover of gray rain clouds. Most had white hair. Many spoke in French, German or Canadian accents. First there were just a few,...
By Megan Gannon
Landon Wieler of Nome turned 16 in June. He hoped that milestone birthday would come with an American rite of passage: getting a driver’s license. He had his lerner’s permit for a...
By Peter Loewi
The infection wave of the Omicron subvariants BA.4 and 5 is sweeping through the state, causing the highest rate of COVID-19 cases per capita in the country. It now appears to have hit...
By Megan Gannon
An unusually frigid ball of air is spinning through the Bering Strait region, bringing rare July snowfall, high surf advisories in the Norton Sound and wind gusts up to 48 mph in Nome...
By Peter Loewi
A red fox in Unalakleet, killed last month for exhibiting abnormal behaviors, tested positive for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in addition to testing positive for rabies. It is...
By Diana Haecker
In a regular Nome Common Council meeting on Monday, the Council heard in citizen’s comments an urgent plea to change things at the Nome Volunteer Ambulance Department as volunteers...
By Peter Loewi
After weeks of speculating on the amount of the anticipated price increase, the prices of fuel and diesel are no longer below the five-dollar mark. On Wednesday, July 6, Bonanza Fuel...