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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 MoreNSEDC Finalizes COVID-19 Commercial Fishing Plans, Regulates Mostly Local Fleet
Fishing on the Norton Sound will look a bit different this summer as commercial fishers and processors will be complying with extra COVID-19 precautions set by local communities and the Norton Sound Economic Development Corp.
Read MoreIf Ravn Air Finds A Buyer The Airline Could Avoid Liquidating Everything
Ravn Air Group has one last chance to keep its fleet together before all their assets will be sold off piecemeal, following the regional airline filing for bankruptcy in April.
Read MoreGambell Seamstress Keeps Knowledge of Traditional Siberian Yupik Sewing Alive
Published by Lydia Apatiki of Gambell, with support from Kawerak Inc., “Sivuqam Kelugwi: A St. Lawrence Island Traditional Sewing Curriculum” uses a symbiosis of technology and traditional knowledge to revitalize a forgotten art.
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 MoreCoronavirus Cases Rise, State Re-Opening, and Dept. of Corrections Isn’t Planning to do More COVID-19 Testing
The Alaska Department of Corrections (DOC) currently has no plans for widespread testing in facilities that have no confirmed COVID-19 cases, which includes Anvil Mountain Correctional Center (AMCC) in Nome.
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…
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