Emily Hofstaedter

Elder man with a face mask sitting in a chair talking with nurse who is wearing a face shield

The Norton Sound region’s first 975 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Nome Wednesday. Norton Sound Health Corporation went straight to work administering those vaccines to residents in the Quyanna Care Center and staff members on the frontlines.

A telephoto view of Nome’s Front Street on a cloudy afternoon.

Nome’s bars will remain closed for the holidays. That’s following a 5-1 vote by the Nome Common Council on Monday. Restaurants are expected to remain closed until next Monday, along with a restriction on public gatherings of over ten people.

The Norton Sound Health Corporation has announced nine new cases of COVID-19 in Nome. Five of those were reported Monday morning and four were announced over the weekend. All of the patients are Nome residents.

Businesses on Nome's Front Street, including the Anchor Tavern, Husky, Golden China, and Maruskiya's gift shop.

New Year’s Eve celebrations on Nome’s Front Street will be fairly quiet this year if the Nome Common Council decides to keep bars closed to on-site service until 2021. The council debates a new emergency ordinance during tonight’s regular meeting that would keep those establishments limited to take-out service only until January 4th, 2021.

A female EMT and a male police officer wear masks and gloves in the terminal of the Nome airport.

Two more positive cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Nome within the last 24 hours.

Medical worker wearing gloves administering a vaccine vis syringe into a woman's arm.

NSHC plans to follow federal and state guidelines for a vaccine roll-out by targeting their nursing home residents and staff at the Quyanna Care Center when the first doses arrive. That’s according to NSHC Medical Director Mark Peterson.

A winter hunt for antlered bull moose is open in parts of the Eastern Norton Sound to state residents by emergency order from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. ADF&G is allowing a harvest of 20 antlered bull moose by registration permit hunt RM844 in Unit 22A.

An Alaska Airlines jet takes off at the Nome airport. Photo: David Dodman. Used with permission.

Three more cases of COVID-19 in Nome were identified and made public on Monday by the Norton Sound Health Corporation (NSHC).

A confirmed case of COVID-19 in Nome was identified on Friday by the Norton Sound Health Corporation. NSHC says it’s a close contact of another previously identified case, though it’s unclear how many active cases there are currently in the community.

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Nome residents have until the end of the business day on December 7th to apply for a personal stimulus check from the City of Nome. Approved applicants will receive $500 per adult and $100 per child.