Helicopters Hum Over Nome as Refueling Effort Begins

Residents of Nome have been looking to the sky this week as the steady hum of helicopters fill the air. The flights are part of an annual exercise to refuel TERRA Network microwave towers operated by GCI throughout Western Alaska. Due to their remote locations, these towers rely on diesel generators to stay running for […]

Weathered in

One member of our KNOM family was temporarily waylaid in a remote community last month. Bob Froehle – deacon at Nome’s St. Joseph Catholic Church and secretary of KNOM’s board of directors – traveled to far-flung Little Diomede to preside at a funeral service. Because of inclement weather, Deacon Bob was unable to leave on […]