Public Safety

The Judge Nora Guinn Award goes to someone making extraordinary efforts to help residents in rural parts of the state access the legal system, particularly Alaska Natives.

Over a year into its existence, the Nome Public Safety Advisory Commission (PSAC) is encountering challenges in fulfilling its duties, as outlined by City ordinance.

An Alaska State Trooper cruiser. Photo: Matthew F. Smith, KNOM file.

Law enforcement officers seized over $64,000 worth of methamphetamine and marijuana bud from a Nome man at the Ted Stevens Airport on Monday.

Florence Okpealuk went missing from Nome over two months ago. But the Nome Police Department isn’t ready to let the case go cold yet.

First responders extinguished a blazing vehicle fire outside of town Wednesday night in a lot near the Nome-Beltz High school. There are no reported injuries.

This week the Nome Western Alaska Alcohol and Narcotics Team (WAANT) lead a multi-jurisdictional drug bust that resulted in a seizure of 7 grams of heroin, approximately $4,300 in cash and paraphernalia, as well as 8 individuals arrested.

With snow on the beach, the Bering Sea remained unfrozen at the end of October 2017.

Alexie Klutchnikov has still not been recovered after “The Charlotte” wrecked near Cape Nome on October 15th. Nome Search & Rescue Chief Jim West Jr. says searchers comb the beaches at least daily

The Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault cites that out of every 100 adult women in the state, 50 experience intimate partner violence, sexual assault, or both.

Orange and white Coast Guard helicopter flying directly overhead

Two people are still missing after a gold mining dredge capsized near the Cape of Nome last night. One member of the three-person crew made it to shore after the capsize and called for assistance.