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Posts by Sophia Desalvo

Vaccines Delivered to Bering Strait Villages, 200 Plus Savoonga Residents Received First Dose

By Sophia Desalvo | January 28, 2021

Reynolds says close to 200 people in Savoonga have received at least the first dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. As a community health practitioner, she is one of nine personnel in the clinic responsible for communicating with roughly 650 residents

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Nome Public Schools and Bering Strait School District Go to In-Person Instruction, Lower Yukon Still in “RED”

By Sophia Desalvo | January 12, 2021
Nome Beltz High School "den of the mighty nanooks"

Following the winter holidays, Nome Public Schools and the Bering Strait School District are returning to in-person instruction, while the Lower Yukon School District will proceed with a distance-learning model.

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Flying Debris Severs Power Line in Unalakleet Due to High, Gusting Winds

By Sophia Desalvo | December 16, 2020 | 2
Aerial view of Unalakleet during winter, with open water along the coast.

Yesterday, damaging high wind in Unalakleet sent debris flying into high voltage power lines, knocking out electricity for half of the village. After roughly nine hours, electricity was restored to the south side of town, thanks to the efforts of Unalakleet Valley Electric Cooperative (UVEC) workers.

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Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine Arrives in Nome, First Dose Will Be Administered Tonight

By Sophia Desalvo | December 16, 2020 | 1
Two men wearing masks carrying a box of COVID 19 vaccines out of a plane

The first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have officially arrived in Nome. The vaccine touched down at approximately 1:30pm today on the Alaska Airlines flight from Anchorage.

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Nome-Beltz E-Sports Team Competes in Final Match, Varsity Undefeated in Fall Season

By Sophia Desalvo | December 9, 2020 | 2
Student in blue hoody sitting at desk with a video game controller playing a game.

The Nome-Beltz E-sports team competed in their season’s final match last month. Despite having their state championship cancelled by the Alaska School Activities Association (ASAA), the Nanooks, composed of both varsity and junior varsity squads, may have been one of the few sports teams still allowed to compete in the state of Alaska.

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Nome Public Schools’ Board Meeting Outlines Board Priorities for Current School Year

By Sophia Desalvo | November 25, 2020 | 2
Nome board members sitting at desks inside of a room

In the most recent Nome School Board meeting on November 10, 2020, board members approved the audit report for the 2019-2020 fiscal year, as well as the Board’s priorities for the current school year.

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Savoonga School Reopened to In-Person Learning After Weeks of Being in the “RED”

By Sophia Desalvo | November 18, 2020
Young children sitting in a circle in a classroom

Students in Savoonga returned to Hogarth Kingeekuk Sr. Memorial School in-person Monday after several weeks of being in the “RED” zone.

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ASAA Says High School Basketball and Cheerleading Will Begin in January 2021

By Sophia Desalvo | November 13, 2020
The Nome Nanooks, in white, take on the Barrow Whalers, in purple, on the basketball court at Nome-Beltz Junior-Senior High School

Wrestling’s season, however, is still to be determined. ASAA’s Executive Director, Billy Strickland, is confident those dates will be decided by the next board meeting.

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Newly Opened Hooper Bay Charter School to Receive $500,000 in Grant Funds

By Sophia Desalvo | November 9, 2020
Small Alaska village on a cloudy summer day, with waterfront and fishing boats in foreground

Hooper Bay Charter School’s mission is to provide culturally relevant education through a unique, place-based science curriculum.

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Ballot Measure 2 Promises to Overhaul Alaskan Elections For Better or For Worse

By Sophia Desalvo | October 28, 2020
Photo: David Dodman, KNOM.

The three components encompassed in Ballot Measure 2 are increased campaign financing disclosure requirements, a top-four primary election open to all Alaskan voters, and ranked choice voting.

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“Happy Birthday”, Western Alaska-Style

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