Posts by Davis Hovey
Bering Strait Region Once Again COVID Free With No Confirmed Cases Currently
Norton Sound Health Corporation announced there are now no active cases of COVID-19 in the Bering Strait region. The latest two confirmed cases, who were both NSHC employees, have recovered.
Read MoreFish River Fire & Several Blazes Contained Before Reaching White Mountain
Several fires sprang up on the Seward Peninsula yesterday after the Alaska Fire Service correctly predicted lightning would spark new blazes in the area. Some of them have already been contained.
Read MoreCOVID Concerns Thwart NOAA and Other Researchers’ Plans to Study a Bering Sea In Flux
Several research ventures slated to take place in the Bering Strait region this summer have been postponed or outright cancelled. Now Kawerak is calling for all researchers to not come to the region.
Read MoreAnother Climate Record Broken: May, 2020 was Nome’s Warmest May Ever
Nome residents have now experienced the warmest May in the city’s climate history. According to one climatologist, the average temperature of almost 46° for the month broke the previous record from more than 35 years ago.
Read MoreDozens of Fires Pop Up in Southwest Alaska Due to Lightning Strikes, More to Come
The Norton Sound saw several lightning strikes spark new wildfires across the region, mostly in the southwest. More than 20 blazes were started across the state within the last two days.
Read MoreArmy Corps’ Chief’s Report Signed, Nome’s Deep Draft Port Heads to Congress
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers signed off on its Port of Nome Modification Feasibility Study today. Nome’s Deep Draft Port project has made it over a major hurdle in its ten-year journey…
Read MoreResearch Cruise on Ice Seals Postponed As Bering Strait Region Looks for Answers to Unusual Mortality Event
Even without researchers coming into the region from the outside, local and regional stakeholders are moving forward with an investigation into what caused five times the normal number of seals to wash up dead in the Bering and Chukchi seas since 2018.
Read MoreNSHC Staff Go Back to Work Despite Two Employees Testing Positive for COVID-19
Healthcare workers returned to the Norton Sound Regional Hospital today following the facility closing its doors to the public on Friday. It was closed at the same time two employees from Nome’s regional hospital tested positive for COVID-19.
Read MoreRegional Pink, Chum, Silver Runs Expected To Be Well Above Average This Summer
Following top five record harvests of silver and chum salmon in the Norton Sound last year, the Alaska Department of Fish & Game is projecting even better salmon numbers for the region this summer.
Read MoreSubsistence Hunting in Gambell Suffering Due to Community Fuel Shortage
Fuel rations have been imposed on all Gambell residents for about a month, after their one barge shipment from last year failed to deliver the community’s supply of fuel, negatively impacting their subsistence hunting.
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