The Nome Police Department is using analyzed cellphone data provided by the FBI in their search for Florence Okpealuk.
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Fall storms set back Bering and Chukchi sea ice formation in already delayed season
One climatologist forecasts sea ice will form late, the extent will be below average, and it will be similar to last year’s.
Unalakleet woman wins on appeal against US Air Force for contaminating her land
In 2003, Emily Nanouk noticed a strange smell and dead vegetation between her property and the abandoned North River Relay Station.
Without running water, Stebbins improvises sanitation amid COVID-19 outbreak
Stebbins has one of the Norton Sound region’s worst COVID-19 outbreaks. It also lacks running water, which is forcing the community to get creative with sanitation measures.
Gambell residents hunker down amid COVID-19 outbreak
Local residents told KNOM they worry that the virus is spreading more easily because of the number of people living in overcrowded homes with their extended families.
In Gambell, COVID-19 cases more than doubled last week
Gambell has instituted a hunker down mandate asking all residents to remain at home for two weeks.