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With Musk Oxen Attacks Seemingly on Rise, One Nome Pet Owner Calls For More Action

By Davis Hovey | November 10, 2017 |

"Three Wet Muskox." Photo: Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, taken July 16, 2012.

Vickie Erickson says that, over the last few years, she has lost four dogs to musk ox attacks. During Erickson’s latest encounter with musk oxen on October 3rd, her family dog for six years, Bart, was killed.

Ambulance Service Agreement Reached Between NSHC and City of Nome

By Davis Hovey | April 26, 2017

Nome's Public Safety Building in April 2014, where the Nome Volunteer Ambulance Department is currently housed. Photo: Matthew F. Smith, KNOM file.

Nome’s ambulance department has a new arrangement with Norton Sound Health Corporation, a result of meetings and compromise between the NSHC administration and the City of Nome. It goes into effect May 1.