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Profiles
Meet the Three Candidates Vying to be Nome’s Next Mayor
Nome’s 2020 Municipal Election is scheduled for Tuesday, October 6th. Although there are several seats up for grabs, only one has multiple candidates running for the same position: Nome’s Mayor.
Nome-Beltz Teacher Receives STEM Grant for Research Lab Kits, to Develop Young Scientists
Dr. Anthony Husemann, a full-time science teacher at NBHS, received $5000 in grant money to serve as a mentor for Nome students to be able to conduct science research independently, as well as to develop STEM projects.
Carol Seppilu: Running for Life
In the last ten years, Seppilu has been actively running all over the Nome area. Her love for running is fueled by a deeper purpose: to promote suicide prevention.
Public Safety
40 Days Into Search for Florence Okpealuk, Family and Friends Hire Search Dogs
In an effort to bring Florence Okpealuk home a team of search and rescue dogs will be combing the beach and tundra west of Nome this weekend. KNOM reports that her family, friends, and community have all worked to make the search happen.
Nome Police Officer Enters Burning Building to Rescue Woman
“You know, no one wants to go running into a burning building… What makes someone want to go in there and save somebody? Well that could be answered by Officer Martino.” – Nome Police Chief Mike Heintzelman
Group March in Nome Demands Justice for Missing, Murdered Indigenous Women
“I believe that if we keep speaking. They will listen,” said Billi Jean Miller during Saturday’s march in Nome. She and many others continue searching for Florence Okpealuk.
COVID-19
In Two Weeks Stebbins’ COVID-19 Cases Went from 12 to 24
Four more residents of the Norton Sound region have tested positive for the disease caused by the coronavirus. Three of those patients are located in Stebbins, bringing the local outbreak to 24 total cases.
Hand Washing Stations and Homemade Bleach Work As Temporary Solutions in Unserviced Stebbins
Stebbins is having one of the Norton Sound region’s worst outbreaks of COVID-19. Community leaders and health experts say the outbreak is highlighting the need for running water.
No Hospitalizations in Stebbins So Far, Testing Continues Through “Hunker-down”
NSHC’s Medical Director Dr. Mark Peterson reported on Wednesday that no one has been hospitalized as a result of the outbreak in Stebbins.
Environment & Climate
Bering Strait Region Sees More Debris from Russian Side, But Source Still Unknown
In late July, foreign debris began to wash up on Bering Strait shores. Almost three months later, NOAA and local groups are working together to determine which vessel is the source of the trash.
Twice-Extended Public Comment Period Garners Overwhelming Opposition to IPOP’s Proposed Mining Project
Approximately 1,000 individuals across Western Alaska and the state are opposed to IPOP’s potential gold mining project in the Bonanza Channel, Safety Sound area.
Record Amount of Rain Drenches Nome and Surrounding Area
Nome’s climate records continue to be broken. The latest was the Goldrush City’s amount of daily rainfall, which was set at more than one and a quarter inches of rain earlier this week.