Profiles & Features

Don Rearden, college professor, author of the Raven’s Gift, and long-time Alaska resident, stopped into Nome last month. KNOM’s Joe Coleman spoke with Rearden about his book and life in Bethel as well as the region.

Last month, the NOAA Research Vessel Ocean Starr made a stop in Nome before the third and final leg of the Artic Integrated Ecosystem Survey, a multi-year study of fish species in the Chukchi sea.

The week-long, 2019 Solomon Youth and Elder Camp serves as a backdrop for an Alaska Native community’s continued quest of reclaiming their status as a city.

Woman in technical clothes stands on rural Alaska beach on a cloudy day

Adding to a growing list of adventurers who passed through Nome this summer is Freya Hoffmeister, a German sea kayaker. She’s attempting to circumnavigate North America in her kayak, a trip she expects will take her 8-12 years.

An exhibit currently at the Yukon Arts Centre in Whitehorse, Canada, aims to open dialogue on the prevalence of suicide in the far north. Sonya Kelliher-Combs, from Nome and based in Anchorage, is the artist behind the display called “Goodbye.”

Drumming ensemble outside on a sunny day

What does it take to fly from Nome to eastern Russia? And how has the experience of the journey changed — or remained the same — in the 31 years since the historic “friendship flight” of 1988? That’s the subject of this installment of KNOM “Profiles.”

Daytime along a snowy street in rural Alaska

Unusually heavy snowfall, low sea ice, and warmer waters in the Bering Sea: the shifts in weather trends seen in 2019 are indicative of a larger change happening in Western Alaska, says UAF climatologist Rick Thoman.

Woman in black sweatshirt stands next to grassy hill

This August, Joy will begin her college wrestling career at the University of Jamestown in North Dakota.

Alumnae of the Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame include hundreds of individuals like Senator Lisa Murkowski, Elizabeth Peratrovich and the woman who nominated Metcalf, Alice Stevenson Green.

Governor Dunleavy greets residents inside the Noorvik gymnasium.

Governor Mike Dunleavy and members of his administration, including the Directors of the Department of Revenue and the Office of Management and Budget, spoke with KNOM prior to the public forum on Wednesday. Dunleavy’s approach to the budget, its potential impact on programs in Western Alaska, and the governor’s proposed constitutional amendments were some of the topics discussed.