Young broadcasters
![Kelly with Anvil City Science Academy students](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014-02-04-anvil-city-sci-academy-8-1216px-1200x800.jpg)
In early February, KNOM was proud to be host to local students for a day of educational projects, introducing the children to broadcasting and interviewing skills as part of an artist-in-residency program. The 5th- and 6th-grade students visited our studios from Nome’s Anvil City Science Academy, a local charter school. In small groups, the students […]
A very strange winter thaw
![January thaw in Nome](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014-01-27-january-melt-iPhone-1-1216px-1200x900.jpg)
The streets looked like springtime, and the air was so warm – by Alaskan standards, at least – it might have been mistaken for summer. But the date wasn’t in May or June; it was late January. On January 27th, Nome broke a high temperature record not just for the day, but for the winter […]
Volunteer travel
![Anna Rose and Emily at a career fair](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014-01-23-volz-career-fair-koyuk-5-1216px-1200x900.jpg)
Our volunteers have been keeping busy this winter. It’s par for the course for our volunteer program, but our 2013-2014 volunteers – Dayneé, Anna Rose, Tara, Zach, and Emily – have all been putting in extra effort to reach out to the communities we serve. In January, all five volunteers were scheduled to take outreach […]
Three years ago, ten years ago
![Ric shoveling](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/RicShoveling-1216px-1200x800.jpg)
While Nome has experienced a relatively warm winter this year – with widespread melting and relatively little snow to speak of – winter in our region is, as you might expect, often the opposite. Here are two examples. In 2011, only three years ago, our snow cover – and our exposure to heavy winter storms […]
The Iron Dogs
![Iron Dog racers coming into Nome during the race in 2014. Photo: KNOM file.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2012-02-21-iron-dog-nome-arrival-81-Edit-1216px-1200x800.jpg)
It’s the world’s longest race of snowmachines – Alaskan parlance for snowmobiles – and last month, it passed through our region. The Iron Dog Snowmachine Race is an annual focal point for our listeners. The 1,000-mile-plus competition traverses some of Alaska’s most isolated terrain, with a course stretching from Anchorage to Nome to Fairbanks. Racers […]