The Nome Static, November 2018 Archives

‘Make Your Blessings Count!’ (‘Dear Friend of KNOM,’ November 2018)

By Lynette Schmidt | November 1, 2018

Alaska Native dance ensemble, mid-performance, next to a window overlooking Nome, Alaska.

“The world becomes better when those who are blessed go beyond simply giving back. Things get better if we enhance our blessings.” Read the introduction to the November newsletter.

A Crisis of Overcrowding

By KNOM Radio | November 1, 2018 |

A cluster of weather-worn homes in Savoonga in late summer.

21 people living in a small home with three bedrooms: that’s the reality for some residents in Savoonga. Village overcrowding is nothing new, but it’s reached staggering rates, with broad effects for many residents in Western Alaska.

Honoring Those Lost in a Century-Old Pandemic

By KNOM Radio | November 1, 2018 |

Choir sings in front of large white cross, outside, with large fuel tanks in the background on a sunny autumn day near Nome.

There’s a new monument in Nome: one honoring and memorializing those lost to a deadly strain of influenza in 1918.

Amid Incredible Loss, an Enduring Love

By KNOM Radio | November 1, 2018

Outside gathering of Nome residents on a summer day.

In Nome and throughout Alaska, earlier this year, residents organized walks to show solidarity and love during a dark time for the region — when a ten-year-old girl from the city of Kotzebue went missing.

From the GM’s Desk (November 2018)

By admin | November 1, 2018 |

“Let us pause to reflect on God’s transformation in our lives this year,” Margaret writes in the end-note to KNOM’s November newsletter.