Bering Strait School Board Addresses Infrastructure at Shishmaref Meeting
With overcrowding at some sites, lack of teacher housing at others, and better Internet needed everywhere, the district is juggling abundant needs with finite capital.
Santa Goes to Shishmaref
Even though ours is a region plentiful in reindeer, that’s not how Santa Claus — and one of our reporters — traveled to one of the communities KNOM serves for a special visit last month.
Cleanup of Petroleum Complete in Shishmaref, Source Still Unknown
30 bags of oily waste were recovered from contaminated ice near Shishmaref, but the source of the petroleum leak remains unknown.
With Aid From His Many Helpers, Santa Arrives In Shishmaref
For one recent visit to Shishmaref, Old St. Nick didn’t rely on elves or reindeer. He had a lot of human helpers, instead — and a C-130 cargo airplane.
Unknown Oily Sheen off Shishmaref Coast Returns
An oily substance smelling of gasoline was first observed off Shishmaref’s north coast over the summer, but despite cleanup efforts over the summer, the sheen has returned.
Diomede Power Outage Calls Out Alaska National Guard
A power outage in Diomede last week saw the Bering Strait School District and the Alaska National Guard work to get an electrician on scene and power restored by Friday.
Story49: Mary Huntington
This month’s Story49 features educator and dancer Mary Huntington. “All the things that I do in classrooms and schools… trying to incorporate culture and language, probably wouldn’t have taken place if I didn’t start out with Eskimo dance,” she says.
ADEC Says ‘Oily’ Seals Test Negative for Petroleum
Lab results testing for oil on two seals recently harvested near Gambell have come back negative. The Coast Guard says there’s no conclusive report on the potential oil sighting in the water by Wales and Shishmaref.
Five Arrested in Medication Theft from Shishmaref Clinic
Troopers say 18-year-old Ned Ahgupuk and three 15-year-old boys used a crowbar to pry open a door to the clinic’s medication room before stealing 101 tablets of painkillers and five syringes of morphine.
Dried Filter Paper Testing Food Security in Western Alaska
For the first time in the United States, a technology traditionally used on humans is testing possible widespread threats to food security.