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Top News
Disparities in Sexual Assault Crimes in Nome
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
Man Forcibly Arrested Outside Hansons, No Body Camera Footage Exists Say Police
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.
Red Fox Rabies Outbreak in Nome
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.
Nome’s Public Safety Commission Approves New Use of Force Policy
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.
COVID-19
Nome Bar Patrons May Have Had COVID-19 Exposure
Local health officials are warning that anyone who visited certain downtown Nome establishments last week may have been exposed to the COVID-19 virus.
Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine Returns to Norton Sound After FDA and CDC Says Vaccine is Safe
NSHC announced that they will continue administration of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, after a recommendation to providers from the CDC and the FDA that use of the vaccine may resume.
Recent COVID-19 Cases in Nome are Unrelated, NSHC Investigating Virus Origin
Two Nome residents tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday. The two cases are not close contacts of each other and Norton Sound Health Corporation reports that the cases are unrelated.
Environment & Climate
DOI Halts Development on Millions of Acres of Seward Peninsula and Alaska Lands
The Department of the Interior is delaying plans that could have opened 28 million acres of BLM lands in Alaska to mining and mineral development.
“Game-Changing” Study Uses Genetics to Study Beluga Whales
Researchers can now use the epigenetic information taken from beluga skin samples to determine their age.
Savoonga’s Vi Waghiyi Appointed White House Advisor for Environmental Justice
Savoonga’s Viola “Vi” Waghiyi is one of the 26 members chosen by President Biden and Vice-President Harris for the new White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council.