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Ten people died in a plane crash on Thursday, February 6, when a Bering Air Cessna Caravan flying between Unalakleet and Nome went down about 34 miles southwest of Nome. There were no survivors.
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An update of the investigation into the Bering Air flight 445 crash was provided during a press conference in Washington D.C. on Tuesday morning, which included Alaska’s congressional delegation...
The Port of Nome expansion project will go out for a new round of bids, albeit the bids will entail a modified design and splitting Phase One into an A and B part. The Phase One A bid is set to open...
The Alaska State Troopers released the names of the ten victims who were on the Bering Air flight from Unalakleet to Nome.
The Alaska State Troopers, NTSB, and Alaska National Guard aircraft and...
Chair of the National Transportation Security Board, or NTSB, Jennifer Homendy arrived in Alaska to investigate the fatal crash of the Bering Air flight 445, which went down 34 miles southeast of...
In a somber press conference held at Nome’s City Hall, Mayor John Handeland recapped the efforts in finding and now recovering the Bering Air Caravan with ten people aboard that went down yesterday,...
While the Coast Guard continued to search Norton Sound for the missing Bering Air plane, Nomeites gathered at Old St. Joe’s at 1 p.m. for an interfaith vigil organized by the City of Nome.
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UPDATE: NVFD Chief Jim West Jr said the Nome SAR is spooling up to three volunteers and tools to recover the bodies. A Black Hawk is going to fly them out to the wreckage which was reported by the...
In a press briefing at noon put on by the Coast Guard, Assistant Chief of the Office of Incident Management Benjamin McIntyre-Coble said there has been an item of interest identified in the search...
Around 10 a.m. Friday morning, Nome Volunteer Fire Department and Search and Rescue Chief Jim West Jr. gave a quick briefing to the Nugget:
The SAR crew out of Nome made it to Topkok this morning,...