First Iñupiaq Language Class Coming to Nome Public Schools Starting This Fall
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From program instructor Kiminaq Alvanna-Stimpfle: “Providing our children with an opportunity to learn Inupiaq will positively impact our community by raising children who are grounded in who they are: Inupiat.”
Shishmaref Educator and Head Basketball Coach to Challenge Rep. Neal Foster
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State Representative Neal Foster is facing some competition in the upcoming election for the House District 39 seat: 37-year-old Tyler Ivanoff of Shishmaref.
Subsistence Hunting in Gambell Suffering Due to Community Fuel Shortage
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Fuel rations have been imposed on all Gambell residents for about a month, after their one barge shipment from last year failed to deliver the community’s supply of fuel, negatively impacting their subsistence hunting.
Regional Hospital Closed to Public After NSHC Employee Tests Positive for COVID-19
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A Norton Sound Health Corporation employee in Nome tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. The corporation made that announcement last night, confirming the Bering Strait region’s second case thus far.