![Image at top: Nome Mayor John Handeland congratulates Tom Vaden for his decades of service on May 22.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/24VadenWRAP-A-300x267.jpg)
Nome city council honors Tom Vaden for decades of volunteerism
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.
![Bay Haven Shelter in Hooper Bay.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/23HooperBayWRAP-300x225.jpg)
Child advocacy center to serve Hooper Bay, surrounding villages
A child advocacy center has opened in Hooper Bay and will serve children there and in the nearby villages of Scammon Bay and Chevak.
![An Alaska Army National Guard UH-60 helicopter assists after Typhoon Merbok.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/22BlackhawkWRAP-2-300x258.jpg)
National Guard Black Hawk helicopter, crew to be stationed in Nome
The Alaska Army National Guard is in the process of stationing a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter and air crew permanently in Nome.
![Lonny Piscoya leads the state’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Initiative.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/19PiscoyaWRAP-300x259.jpg)
Piscoya says MMIP initiative is growing in Alaska, Lower 48
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.
![A march was held in downtown Nome on May 5 to mark the remembrance of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/09MMIWGpkg-300x201.jpg)
‘Each of us is affected’: Nome comes together to mark awareness of MMIWG Day
The National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls is held annually on May 5. In Nome, nearly 100 people observed the day with a peaceful march and a speaker’s event.
![Exterior of Nome Beltz high school.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/IMG_8245-1-300x200.jpg)
Student arrested after alleged threat at Nome-Beltz High School
Administration at Nome School District was notified Monday about social media postings by two students that alleged potential threats against Nome-Beltz High School.