Coast Guard Gears Up For Further Missions in Arctic Region, Operating Out of Kotzebue
![The Coast Guard Cutter Healy breaks ice in the Nome Harbor Jan. 13, 2012. Photo: U.S. Coast Guard.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2012-01-13-untitled-001-2432px-1200x798.jpg)
Arctic Shield, which started on Saturday, involves the Coast Guard deploying cutters, various aircraft and staff to missions from Dutch Harbor, through the Bering Strait, up to the North Slope. Those deployments include crews from the Coast Guard Cutters Healy, Sherman, and others.
Ministry at the Edge of the World
![A landscape of Diomede, Alaska, in wintertime: a small airplane sits on a runway made of ice, with village houses nestled at the base of a steep hill in the background.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/DiomedeOverview-2432px-1200x800.jpg)
Nowhere is the need for rural Alaska broadcasting more evident than in the village of Diomede, a small community located on an island in the Bering Strait.
U.S. Senate Advances Arctic Efforts at Port Clarence
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On Friday, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill that would encourage infrastructure development at Port Clarence.
KNOM Radio Mission, 2013: Twelve Snapshots
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From our studio annex’s construction to special broadcasting awards to a Russian cultural trip, it’s been an exceptional year at our radio mission.
From Alaska to Russia, with love
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News director Laureli Kinneen was able to take advantage of an incredible opportunity this fall: to report, on location, from an international conference in Anadyr (AH-nuh-deer), a city in the northeastern Russian region of Chukotka (choo-COAT-kuh). The gathering – The Beringia Days International Conference – brought together researchers and cultural representatives from both sides of […]
February 1993: Hearing the Mass in remote Diomede
February 28, 1993 KNOM volunteer news director Cherie Collins is on incredibly remote Little Diomede Island (pictured above), her small plane having landed on a strip cleared of snow on the Bering Strait ice pack. Diomede does not see a priest more than one or two Sundays a year. On this day, a Sunday, Cherie […]
February 2000: A “great gathering”
February 22, 2000 Once again, it’s time for the Nome region’s great gathering: the Bering Strait Elders & Youth Conference. Now three days long, the 2000 conference explores the theme “Elders reviving traditional festivals and ceremonies.” This year, there are many round table discussions not suitable for airing. Still, KNOM’s live broadcasts total 14 hours.
Elder Voices: Rodney Ungwiluk, Sr. (encore)
Rodney Ungwiluk, Sr. was born May 8, 1942 in Gambell and passed away June 16, 2011. In 2009, he shared memories and stories of growing up in Gambell before electric power and lights. He talks about helping his dad hunt seals and the community’s dependence on dog teams.