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Public Safety

USCG Opens Forward Operating Location in Kotzebue for the Summer

By Catherine Rubano | July 5, 2021
A Coast Guard helicopter lands at the seasonal base in Kotzebue.

A crew from the Coast Guard’s Air Station in Kodiak opened the seasonal forward operating location in Kotzebue as a response to warming waters and increased ship traffic in the Arctic.

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Man Forcibly Arrested Outside Hansons, No Body Camera Footage Exists Say Police

By Emily Hofstaedter | April 30, 2021 | 1
Close-up of a white Nome Police Department vehicle.

Police arrested twenty-year old Javen Slwooko of Gambell in the Hansons grocery store on an active arrest warrant. He was mandated to return to the Seaside Center after completing his shift at Hanson’s on Friday, April 23rd but did not– prompting authorities at Seaside to notify the Nome Police for Slwooko’s arrest.

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Red Fox Rabies Outbreak in Nome

By KNOM Radio | March 24, 2021

The head of Alaska’s Wildlife Disease and Health Surveillance Program confirms that the City of Nome has a higher than normal case count of rabies in the red fox population.

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Nome’s Public Safety Commission Approves New Use of Force Policy

By Colin O'Connor | March 5, 2021
Backend of Nome police car.

Nome’s Public Safety Advisory Commission convened this month to discuss the drafted use of force policy. After several cancelled meetings due to COVID-19, and failing to make quorum, the commission did meet on Monday for the first time since October of 2020.

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Trial for Teller Man Could be Scheduled Soon as Jury Trials Resume in Nome

By Davis Hovey | February 12, 2021
Empty seats inside the Nome jury box

Nome courthouse staff confirm Bradley Gene Okpealuk was arraigned this morning and his case now moves onto a trial. In-person jury trials resumed in Nome earlier this month.

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Local Shismaref GoFundMe Organized to Aid Victims of House Fire

By Colin O'Connor | February 10, 2021
Man in green kuspuk holds green bottle while standing on beach on cloudy day

A local Shishmaref fundraiser is aiding residents who lost their home in a fire early Sunday morning. Law enforcement say other crimes took place leading up to the blaze that same day.

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Federal Case Against Man From Aniak

By Colin O'Connor | January 26, 2021
Wanted Suspect turned himself into State Troopers on July 22nd in Kobuk. Photo: Alaska State Troopers file.

On Thursday last week, the U.S. Attorney’s office in Alaska announced that 35-year-old Alfred Morgan of Aniak had been indicted on federal gun charges.

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Fire Caused by Electrical Heater in Nome Apartment

By Emily Hofstaedter | January 21, 2021
Two men looking at a building that has signs of fire.

An electrical fire on Wednesday caused no injuries but did some significant damage to the apartment units at 603 Seppala Drive in Nome.

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Legislator Seeks to “Rewrite” Alaska’s Consent Law, Speed Up Rape Kit Testing

By Davis Hovey | January 19, 2021
Stack of papers and a rape kit supplies on a table.

Rep. Geran Tarr pre-filed House Bill 5 earlier this month which includes rape kit testing reform, further protections for underage victims of sexual abuse, and updates the state’s sexual consent law.

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Emmonak Man Found Dead In His Home After Alleged Assault

By Colin O'Connor | January 5, 2021
Flood waters recede in Emmonak in July 2013. Photo: Adam DuBrowa, FEMA.

After receiving a report at 3:25am on January 1st, Alaska State Troopers found 39-year-old Brian Agwiak of Emmonak deceased in his residence.

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Join us in praying the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, the Holy Rosary, and a prayer novena to St. Kateri Tekakwitha.

The daily 'Homily for the Homebound', by Fr. Ross Tozzi, can be heard here.

Click below to listen to a special prayer Novena for the end of the coronavirus pandemic.

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“Happy Birthday”, Western Alaska-Style

A vintage photo of an igloo on a field of snow and ice, with a pair of snowshoes and a handwritten sign that says “Happy Birthday from Nome.”

Listen to a few distinctively Western Alaska versions of the Happy Birthday” songs heard each day during Hotlines.

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