Profiles
Profile: After 70 Years, A Diomede Family Reunion
For years, growing up on the Alaskan island of Little Diomede, Etta Tall wondered about what life was like just 2.4 miles away, on Russia’s Big Diomede, where her grandfather grew up. Now, thanks to a special reunion, “I don’t wonder anymore,” she says.
Read MoreProfile: Regional Public Intoxication — What Can Be Done to Curb the Issue?
Public intoxication seems to be getting worse in western Alaska. What steps can be taken to curb the problem? And can it ever fully be addressed?
Read MoreProfile: Regional Public Intoxication — The Nature of the Problem, and How to Better Manage It
The number of drunken-person calls Nome Police responded to more than doubled between 2015 and 2016, and that number could be even higher this year. What’s to be done?
Read MoreProfile: Blue-Colored Red King Crab
There’s a small tourist attraction going on at the Norton Sound Seafood Center. Causing the stir is a rare, blue-colored red king crab.
Read MoreBy 2014, a Wellness and Sobering Center in Nome
To respond to the need for substance abuse treatment in the Norton Sound, Norton Sound Health Corporation is planning on starting a substance abuse treatment center in Nome. The Wellness and Sobering Center will be based in the old hospital, and may open as early as fall 2014.
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