Photo by Bret Hanson |
SILVER MEDAL— Nome’s Elijah Cabinboy won a silver medal in the Alaskan High Kick, reaching 91 inches high. See more WEIO results
and photos on page 10. |
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Photo by Diana Haecker |
DRILL— Alaska Chadux response crew deployed an oil spill boom
across the 200-ft. washout at the Teller sandspit as part of an oil spill
response drill. |
TOP STORIES
| By Sandra L. Medearis |
| The Nome Joint Utility System board voted to increase the fuel surcharge on oil it is feeding into its generators to light the town. At a penny a kilowatt, the increase slated for the July billing will take ratepayers’ costs up by $5 per 500 kilowatts. |
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| Last week, on two separate occasions, a grizzly bear and a musk ox were taken in defense of life and property inside of Nome City limits. |
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| By Diana Haecker |
Only rarely do oil spill removal organizations , OSRO for short, embrace bad weather, rough seas and uncooperative elements. |
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