FBI Joins Search for Florence Okpealuk, Releases Some New Leads to the Public
The Federal Bureau of Investigation now has agents on the ground in Nome who are part of the search for Florence Okpealuk. Okpealuk is a local woman who was last seen over two weeks ago.
More Resources on the Way for Nome Woman Search, Potential Assistance from FBI
Local authorities in Nome are looking for all of the help they can get which includes Alaska’s new Missing and Murdered Indigenous Person’s (MMIP) Coordinator, a new position created as part of the Trump Administration’s Operation Lady Justice.
More Than a Week Into Search for Missing Nome Woman, Little Evidence Found
Despite more than one-hundred community members looking on Saturday for a missing Nome woman, Florence Okpealuk has not been found.
Day 5: Details on Volunteer Efforts to Find Florence Okpealuk of Nome
Anyone interested in joining the search for 33 year-old Florence Okpealuk can meet at the Nome Volunteer Fire Hall on Bering Street at 12pm Saturday to hear a plan and briefing.
UPDATE: Nome Police Continue 4-Day Search for Missing Woman
Florence Okpealuk of Nome was last seen on West Beach around 4pm Sunday afternoon. Okpealuk is approximately five feet, two inches and weighs approximately 130 pounds.
Unofficial Primary Election Results Show Rep. Foster Has Slight Lead on Tyler Ivanoff
Unofficial results are in from yesterday’s Primary Election. And although voter turnout was low in Nome and the Bering Strait Region, voters may have unseated one incumbent candidate.
Stebbins Teacher Arrested for Explicit Messages Had License Previously Revoked for Other Offenses in Oregon
65-year-old Lon Dean Gillas allegedly used his Bering Strait School District Google account to discuss sex and ask for explicit photos from a minor. The underage girl did not live in Alaska.
COVID-19 Confirmed in Bering Strait Region, DHSS Says One Case is in Nome
Norton Sound Health Corporation (NSHC) announced today that the Bering Strait Region has its first confirmed case of COVID-19. UPDATE: As of 11:15am Wednesday, the State Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) confirmed that the individual case is in Nome. ORIGINAL: According to public relations manager Reba Lean, NSHC is not sharing information on […]
UPDATE: Deceased in Nome Murder Case Identified As Suspect’s Girlfriend
*Update: According to court documents obtained by KNOM, Nome Police received a call from Tyler Shold of Nome saying that he had choked his girlfriend and believed he killed her. The woman was later identified as 24-year-old Anna Matoomealook, a shareholder with Olgoonik Corporation based in Wainwright. NPD Sergeant Marc Morris and Officer Elizabeth Jachim responded […]
A Response to Recent Allegations Made Against KNOM Regarding Jim Poole
The name Father Jim Poole, S.J. has not appeared on the historical timeline on KNOM’s website since before 2011. Poole was the dominant force behind the creation of KNOM and led the effort to find the money and people that put the radio station on the air in 1971. In the following years, he became […]