Posts by Davis Hovey

Three members of the Alaska State Commission for Human Rights, including a Nome-ite, have been abruptly removed from their positions with several months left in their five-year terms.

The Bureau of Land Management’s Alaska Fire Service (AFS) is fighting multiple fires in the Norton Sound region, including a major, 160-acre blaze near Unalakleet.

Construction resumes on a regional Wellness Center which is anticipated to be open within two years (April 2021).

Two Nome artists — Marjorie Kunaq Tahbone and Jerome Saclamana — will receive monetary awards from the Rasmuson Foundation to benefit their cultural art projects.

Rural Alaska Community Action Program is looking to build eight units in Nome as part of a mutual “self-help” housing pilot project. RurAL CAP says that buying lots is the last major step before construction can begin.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski wants the country to be less dependent on foreign minerals and has come out in support of mineral mining projects like Graphite One in Alaska.

During the gold rush at the dawn of the 20th century, the Village of Solomon was a fast-growing community. For decades, it’s been inhabited only seasonally, with no year-round residents. But now, some would like to see the village return to its status as a city — and they see a renewable energy as a key part of that plan.

It’s confirmed: radioactive materials from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan have made their way into the Bering Sea. But state epidemiologists say the levels of contaminants in the water, such as Cesium-137, are thousands of times too low to pose any health concerns.

This year’s Arctic Council meeting in Finland ended without a formal declaration being passed. The Inuit Circumpolar Council pins blame on the United States, saying that the U.S. refused to allow the words “climate change” into the declaration.

The 27-year-old attempted to “water-skip” a 30-foot lead in the ice on his snowmachine.