Coast Guard Authorization Act Might Give Icebreaker Second Wind
![US Coast Guard's Healy escorts Russian tanker Renda, Nome, Alaska, January 2012.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2012-01-06-misc-static-001-2432px-1200x858.jpg)
The potential legislation provides appropriations for the Coast Guard’s budget. Most prominently, it grants an amendment requiring a plan to extend the lifespan of Alaska’s only year-round icebreaker.
Matthew, Off to New Horizons
![Matthew Smith in KNOM's newsroom](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-11-11-laura-matt-and-goldies-004-1200x800.jpg)
Matthew Smith has moved on from KNOM Radio, but not before greatly impactful stints both as a volunteer reporter and as a news director.
KNOM Radio Mission, 2012: Twelve Snapshots
January In Nome, KNOM’s news department is on the front lines for a story with worldwide interest: the Russian tanker Renda makes an unprecedented winter fuel delivery, escorted in its journey through the frozen Bering Sea by the US Coast Guard icebreaker Healy. The delivery comes in the wake of an epic, fall 2011 storm […]