(NOME, AK) Check out this roundup of hyper-local news in Nome.
Pulled from contributors around the region, here’s a glimpse of what’s going on nearby. For more stories from the Nome area, click here.
LOCAL FAVORITE
Lady Nanooks take second in first home tournament of the season
On the 15th and 16th of October, the Nome-Beltz Volleyball teams placed second in their first home tournament of the season. The Lady Nanooks played Barrow and Bethel at the Nome-Beltz High School in the Arctic Pinkies volleyball tournament. Originally, the tournament was also supposed to involve Seward and Dimond’s... Read more
LOCAL HEADLINE
Alaska Airlines to change aircraft serving Nome
It was not a press release that announced changes to Alaska Airlines’ service to Nome, but whispers on the street. Those whispers proved true as Alaska Airlines confirmed this week that it indeed plans to use smaller aircraft to transport passengers between Nome and Anchorage, starting in the summer of 2022. Read more
TOP VIEWED
Ralph “Pirciq” Ivanoff
Fisherman extraordinaire, Ralph Ivanoff “Pirciq” was born June 12, 1923 to Paul and May Ivanoff in Shaktoolik, Alaska. The eldest son of 10 children he grew up in many communities across the State of Alaska while his parents were teaching at BIA schools. Ralph later attended school in Eklutna before... Read more
LOCAL PICK
Nome and Brevig Mission COVID-19 Cases Spike, Health Officials Call for Public Action
Norton Sound Health Corporation has reported 55 new active cases of COVID-19 in the Bering Strait region over the last two days. 38 of those new cases are in Nome, bringing the total number of cases in the city to 87. Amid the current COVID-19 spike in Nome, Public Relations... Read more