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Norton Sound Health Corporation identified seven new cases of COVID-19 in the region this week, including two community spread cases on St. Lawrence Island. As of Tuesday, January 26, there were nine...
In its regular meeting, preceeded by a work session on the annual financial audit and the topic on allocating the $200,000 NSEDC Community Benefit Share, the Nome Common Council struck a compromise...
On Wednesday, Jan. 20 the Nome Volunteer Fire Department responded to a house fire at 603 Seppala. The house is a rental owned by Cheryl and Roger Thompson and is comprised of three separate units...
On Wednesday, January 13, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump for the incitement of insurrection. The House voted 232-197 for impeachment; this is the second...
This month, five students graduated from University of Alaska Anchorage’s registered nursing program through the University of Alaska Fairbanks Northwest Campus in Nome. They are Kallie King, Daniel...
Seven new cases of COVID-19 were identified in the last week in the Bering Strait/Norton Sound region, with 10 cases currently active as of Tuesday.
The first two new cases were Nome residents who...
As vaccines become more widely available in the region, city and health officials are reworking some of the region’s COVID restrictions to accommodate people who get the vaccine. While some changes...
On January 6, Congress met in a joint session to tally Electoral College votes, the final step in certifying the 2020 election.
But what is typically an uneventful and largely symbolic process...
The Bering Strait/Norton Sound region saw seven new cases of COVID-19 this past week, all of them Nome residents and most of them travel related. As of Tuesday, there were seven active cases in the...
Norton Sound Regional Hospital reports that the first baby of the year was a wish come true to parents Sara Iyapana and Wayne Reamer of Nome. RosaLynn Roxie Reamer was born at 11:11 p.m. on January 6...