National Weather Service Will Cut Rural Alaska Staff By Two-Thirds
![White and dark grey building next to snowy airstrip at Nome Airport.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/National-Weather-Service-Nome-Alaska-Building-Tyler-Stup-1200x800.jpg)
NWS is replacing manual weather balloon launches with Finnish-made automatic launchers in its 12 rural-Alaska weather stations.
Alaska Native Leaders Imagine Divergent ‘Arctic Futures’
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A conference in Nome last week brought together leaders from Alaska Native communities to discuss the challenges — and opportunities — facing an evolving Arctic.
In the wake of the storm
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Last November, storms brought exceptional damage to some of the communities we serve. Two separate storm systems in the Bering Sea – severe, in large part, because of their strong winds, high seas, and potential for coastal flooding – ripped through our region in less than a week. While Nome saw some relatively moderate damage, […]