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Archive | June 27, 2012

The Nome Public Schools FY2013 school calendar

In Wednesday’s News: Nome Public Schools calendar

Nome Public Schools released their calendar for the 2012-2013 school year at Tuesday’s school board meeting. The calendar includes Early Release Days marked with an “M”.  The schedule for Early Release Days is found on the school district website. Each school in the district has a different Early Release Schedule. The calendar also reflects a [...]

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Profile: Unique Marathon Bird, The Bar-tailed Godwit

The bar-tailed godwit will later migrate from Western Alaska to New Zealand without stopping. It will travel five to seven days straight. While a majority of bar-tailed godwits nest in Asia, some raise their young in Alaska – from Bethel to Barrow. Nome’s resident expert birder Sister Alice Sullivan explains characteristics of the “unique marathon [...]

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Update News: Wednesday, June 27, 2012

In Wednesday’s news: Local and national groups meet in Nome to discuss ways the Bering Strait & other arctic environments can be protected; Two Shell vessels leave Seattle for exploratory drilling in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas; The Nome School Board considers expanding Anvil City Science Academy charter school; TriWest Healthcare and Norton Sound Health [...]

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