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Posts by Colin O'Connor

NBHS Student is First to Win NYO State Title in Over Decade

By Colin O'Connor | May 12, 2021 | 4

Nome Beltz High School student Teague Green-Johnson became a state champion last week after going the farthest distance in the Native Youth Olympics’ Seal Hop.

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NBHS Claims its First eSports State Championship Title

By Colin O'Connor | May 11, 2021 | 1

The Nome Beltz High School eSports team won the 2021 Spring Rocket League State Championship on Saturday. NBHS defeated West Valley High School in a comeback series win 4 to 2.

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Nome’s First Criminal Trial in Over a Year

By Colin O'Connor | April 28, 2021
A long table with a gavel resting on it. American flag in background.

Nome Judge Romano DiBenedetto’s courtroom reached resolution in their first criminal trial since the Alaska Supreme Court halted trials last March.

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Windy March Storms in Wales Cause Concern for Future

By Colin O'Connor | April 16, 2021 | 2
Wales, Alaska

March brought a series of storms across the Seward Peninsula, and in one Bering Strait community that meant a series of power outages.

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Overcrowding Persists One Year Later

By Colin O'Connor | March 26, 2021
AMCC facility

Anvil Mountain Correctional Center continues to exceed its population capacity. KNOM reported last year that between 2018 and 2019 AMCC exceeded its maximum capacity for inmate population 70% of the time.

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Aaron Burmeister Gets 2nd Place Finish in Iditarod 2021

By Colin O'Connor | March 15, 2021

Nome musher Aaron Burmeister secures his best Iditarod finish yet.

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Has Nome Mushing Seen its Heyday?

By Colin O'Connor | March 15, 2021 | 1

Mushing’s connection to Western Alaska is both historic and iconic, but interest in it has varied over the years. Has mushing seen its heyday here in Nome?

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Changing Weather Conditions Keep Iditarod Mushers Cautious on Return Strategy

By Colin O'Connor | March 10, 2021

Willow-based musher Lev Shvarts speaks with KNOM’s Colin O’Connor about current trail conditions and looking ahead to the return trip on this year’s Gold Trail Loop.

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Iditarod Mushers Brent Sass and Dallas Seavey First to Leave Nikolai

By Colin O'Connor | March 9, 2021

The leaders have arrived to Nikolai at mile 263. Brent Sass and Dallas Seavey were the first to leave there, stopping only for a few short minutes.

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

By Colin O'Connor | March 5, 2021
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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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"HAPPY BIRTHDAY", WESTERN ALASKA STYLE

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

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