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Shelter to Close Early; Police Chief Asks for Action Plan for Nome’s Homeless

By Davis Hovey | April 13, 2018 |

A telephoto view of Nome’s Front Street on a cloudy afternoon.

“We paid quite a bit of overtime this year and used our salary dollars before we normally would have done that,” Rhonda Schneider said of NEST’s early closure this season. She and the NEST team hope that people without a place to go can find somewhere safe to sleep while NEST is closed.

NEST Receives $54k to Support Permanent Housing in Nome

By admin | January 18, 2018

Nome's Front Street on a wintry night

The Nome Emergency Shelter Team will receive $54,639 to support permanent housing for residents without a home.