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Anticipating a Future Arctic

By KNOM Radio | April 27, 2018

People sit around a conference table, engaged in conversation.

There’s a tension long felt by many KNOM listeners: between cherished, traditional lifestyles and the economics of the modern era. “We are living two lives,” said one attendee of a recent Nome conference intended to envision the future of Western Alaska.

Amid Renovations, Nome’s UAF Campus Remains a Crossroads of Regional Interests

By Davis Hovey | March 26, 2018

UAF Northwest Campus director, Bob Metcalf, stands in the hallway of the newly renovated education center. Photo Credit: Davis Hovey, KNOM (2018)

There are lots of new things happening these days at Nome’s branch of the University of Alaska–Fairbanks, including the campus buildings themselves, which have recently seen upgrades from multi-million-dollar renovation projects.