Nome Residents Continue Wait For Quintillion High-Speed Internet
Residents of Nome continue to wait to access high-speed internet through Quintillion’s fiber-optic cable, though a handful of business customers are now connecting to it.
Quintillion’s Fiber Has Arrived in Nome — But for Residents, the Wait Continues
Quintillion’s long-awaited fiber internet services are now active in Nome, but so far, only local institutions are connected to the new network. Bringing the fiber broadband to individual consumers will require agreements with residential providers that have yet to be finalized.
At Subway Basketball Showdown, Close Games and Family Pride
The Unalakleet boys and Kotzebue girls teams came out on top of at a competitive weekend of high-school basketball last Thursday through Saturday.
Nanooks Basketball Returns to the Court This Weekend
School starts again today for Nome Public Schools. That also means it’s back to the court for Nome-Beltz Basketball. Both boys and girls teams return to action after the holiday break with the Subway Showdown this weekend.
Fiber Optic Cable System Fully Installed; Quintillion To Provide Service in Alaska This December
By the time service is made commercially available in December, Quintillion will have contracts to sell wholesale data capacity to multiple telecommunications providers, company representative Kristina Woolston says.
Two Rescue Missions In One Day for Coast Guard Crews Out of Kotzebue Location
On Monday, a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew helped rescue four people who were stranded on a disabled vessel in Imuruk Lagoon. That same evening, a second Coast Guard crew, found a man and woman about 26 miles south of Point Hope.
Fiber Broadband Coming to Nome by Year’s End, Quintillion Says
40 more miles of fiber optic cable: Kristina Woolston with Quintillion says “that one critical piece is what we have left to install this summer.” Quintillion plans to go live with its fiber optic service on December 1.
An “Eskimo Ninja” Inspires
Through your support, a recent episode of KNOM’s Story49 featured a young man from Unalakleet, Alaska, whose training in Alaska Native Youth Olympic games helped turn him into a competitor on the nationally-televised show “American Ninja Warrior.”
A Story 50 Years in the Making
In the 1960s, the US government almost detonated nuclear bombs (for civil engineering purposes) near Point Hope, Alaska. The legacy of this halted plan and what happened instead prompted a very unique reporting trip this summer, undertaken by news reporter Zachariah Hughes.
August ’03: After a long addiction, a mayor talks about getting sober
August 27, 2003 KNOM listeners are touched by a lengthy conversation with Martin Oktollik, mayor of the village of Point Hope. Oktollik speaks of his 30-year dependence on alcohol and drugs – and his recovery from it. KNOM reports that an estimated 14 percent of Alaskans abuse alcohol. That’s the highest rate in the United […]