Posts by Emily Hofstaedter
Family of St. Mary’s Man Sues Trooper Who Shot Him
Last summer, an Alaska State Trooper fatally shot a man in the lower Yukon Delta community of St. Mary’s. Now, his family is filing a wrongful-death lawsuit against the trooper.
Read MoreNome Public Safety Commission One Step Closer to Reality; Would Be First in Alaska
After months of advocacy and conversation, the city of Nome is one step closer to having the first public safety advisory commission in Alaska. Nome City Council unanimously passed the first reading of an ordinance to create the commission on Monday night’s regular meeting. It will go to second reading in March.
Read MoreCity Council Will Discuss Tariffs and Public Safety
It’s a short agenda tonight for the Nome City Council’s regular meeting (on Monday, Feb. 25). Two new ordinances will be introduced, regarding a proposed tariff change for the Port of Nome and the creation of a public safety committee.
Read MoreNome Discusses Public Safety Commission Proposal
For months, many Nome citizens have advocated at City Council for a public safety commission. On Monday night, the community had the chance to discuss a written proposal for the potential public-group.
Read MoreIron Dog Field Gets Thinner, Ten Teams Won’t Finish What They Started
A dwindling group of Iron Dog racers push on towards Fairbanks. The pack is now down to only fourteen teams. Team 8 of Tyson Johnson and Tyler Aklestad reached White Mountain Thursday morning but then by afternoon, scratched from the race and were towed back to Nome. According to the Iron Dog website, one of…
Read MoreMorgan and Olds Lead as Iron Dog Departs Nome
Iron Dog race leaders are back on the trail as of Thursday morning. Snowmachines roared as Mike Morgan and Chris Olds took off at exactly 8am for the Iron Dog halfway restart in Nome. From here, racers will follow the trail along the Norton Sound coast to White Mountain, then Ruby, and then cut in to the Interior to finish in Fairbanks.
Read MoreIn Stebbins, Wastewater Management Is a Community Effort
Delayed equipment, leaking honey buckets, and snowstorms have the potential to be disastrous for rural Western Alaska communities without running water or sewage. Early this winter, a honey bucket disposal haul truck broke down in Stebbins, and it has been a multiple-community, multiple-entity effort to keep the city clean.
Read MoreIron Dog Leaders Reach Unalakleet; Morgan, Olds Maintain Strong Lead
In the early hours of Tuesday morning, the fastest Iron Dog racers checked in for an 8-hour layover in Unalakleet. Still maintaining a strong lead are Nome’s own Mike Morgan and Chris Olds, who have about 250 miles from Unalakleet to reach the halfway point in Nome.
Read MoreIron Dog Leaders Lay Over in McGrath
Iron Dog 2019 competitors Mike Morgan and Chris Olds (team 10), the 2018 race champions, were first into McGrath on Sunday night. They’ll be eligible to return to the trail at 10am Monday.
Read MoreLast Mass Celebrated at Historic St. Francis Xavier Church in Kotzebue
On February 3, Mass was celebrated for the last time at the historic St. Francis Xavier Church in Kotzebue. Father Kumar Pasala offered Mass and baptisms for the final gathering in the building, which dates to 1929.
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