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Public Safety

Troopers: 2 die in plane crash northeast of Shaktoolik

By Greg Knight | June 18, 2023
The badge of the Alaska State Troopers.

The Alaska Department of Public Safety has identified two people who died in a plane crash northeast of Shaktoolik.

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Nome 911 service not affected by internet access woes in Western Alaska

By Greg Knight | June 15, 2023
Exterior of Nome Police Station

Despite cellular and internet outages across Western Alaska, 911 service in Nome remained working. By Tuesday, Nome saw intermittent cell and internet service return.

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Alaska National Guard spends time training in Nome, Kotzebue

By Greg Knight | June 13, 2023 | 1
A C-17 Globemaster sits on the tarmac in Nome.

The Alaska National Guard’s 103rd Weapons of Mass Destruction team arrived in Nome, June 12 to conduct training.

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NSHC: Moose tests positive for rabies virus in Teller

By Greg Knight | June 8, 2023
Bull moose sitting outside

Norton Sound Health Corporation Office of Environmental Health is encouraging residents of the region to make sure that their pets are vaccinated against the rabies virus after a moose tested positive for rabies in Teller.

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Chief: Nome PD making moves to aid in accreditation of department

By Greg Knight | June 8, 2023
Close-up of a white Nome Police Department vehicle.

The police department is still working toward accreditation. To achieve the goal, the department is going through a series of changes to its policy manual, the way that evidence is stored and recorded, and includes updates to police video cameras in vehicles and the department’s emergency radio systems.

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City aims for education before citations during ATV Traffic Safety Month

By Greg Knight | June 7, 2023
An ATV rider cruises down a street in Nome on Wednesday, June 7.

June is ATV Traffic Safety Month in Alaska, and the City of Nome is reminding everyone of what it takes to stay alive while you drive in Western Alaska.

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Nome city council honors Tom Vaden for decades of volunteerism

By Greg Knight | May 24, 2023 | 4
Image at top: Nome Mayor John Handeland congratulates Tom Vaden for his decades of service on May 22.

The Nome Common Council passed a resolution on Monday, May 22 honoring Tom Vaden for his decades of service to the community, and his years of work with the Nome Volunteer Ambulance Service.

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Child advocacy center to serve Hooper Bay, surrounding villages

By Greg Knight | May 23, 2023 | 1
Bay Haven Shelter in Hooper Bay.

A child advocacy center has opened in Hooper Bay and will serve children there and in the nearby villages of Scammon Bay and Chevak.

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National Guard Black Hawk helicopter, crew to be stationed in Nome

By Greg Knight | May 22, 2023
An Alaska Army National Guard UH-60 helicopter assists after Typhoon Merbok.

The Alaska Army National Guard is in the process of stationing a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter and air crew permanently in Nome.

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Piscoya says MMIP initiative is growing in Alaska, Lower 48

By Greg Knight | May 19, 2023
Lonny Piscoya leads the state’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Initiative.

Retired Alaska State Trooper Lonny Piscoya, who was raised in Nome, returned last year to the Alaska Department of Public Safety to lead the department’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Initiative.

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The daily 'Homily for the Homebound', by Fr. Ross Tozzi, can be heard here.

Click below to listen to a special prayer Novena for the end of the coronavirus pandemic.


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"HAPPY BIRTHDAY", WESTERN ALASKA STYLE

A vintage photo of an igloo on a field of snow and ice, with a pair of snowshoes and a handwritten sign that says “Happy Birthday from Nome.”
Listen to a few distinctively Western Alaska versions of the Happy Birthday” songs heard each day during Hotlines.

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