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As of Tuesday, there are 42 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Alaska. The total case count for Alaska is 329 patients. Nine people died and 168 have recovered from the disease.
The total of U.S....
Travelers arriving in Nome by jet need to have their ducks in line. As passengers enter the Alaska Airlines terminal in Nome, they are met by representatives of the City of Nome, one EMT and one Nome...
As of Tuesday, the Dept. of Health and Social Service reported 285 confirmed COVID-19 cases and one new death, bringing the death toll to nine in Alaska. This does not include the case identified on...
Nobody knows how much longer Nome will be shutdown because of the Covid-19 threat, as city officials weigh the devastating effects of a throttled-down economy against public health concerns.
While...
On Tuesday, April 14, the news arrived that everybody in the region had dreadfully anticipated: Norton Sound Health Corporation confirmed the first patient who has tested positive for COVID-19....
As Nome goes into its third week of school and business closures as preventive measures to slow the spread of COVID-19, there are statewide 213 confirmed cases and six Alaskans have died of the novel...
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game closed the spring bear hunt to both residents and non-residents and then after some thought re-opened the resident hunt. The explanation for the closure was to...
The Nome Common Council met on Monday, March 30 in nearly empty Council Chambers, as citizens and councilmembers were encouraged to call in and not appear in person for the meeting, to keep with the...
The Nome Local Emergency Planning Commission met Tuesday morning with most members calling in.
Deanna Stang of Public Health Nursing reported Alaska has 119 confirmed cases with none in Nome or the...
The 48th running of the Iditarod Trail sled dog race came to an end when musher Kaci Murringer arrived under the burled arch as the last team off the trail.
Murringer, of Willow, running a team of...