Ben Townsend
Ben Townsend is the news director at our partner station KNOM in Nome. Reach him at ben.townsend@knom.org.
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The 71-year-old Golovin Democrat, who was flown to Anchorage last week after suffering a medical emergency, thanked those who prayed for him Monday. -
The apparent cable break is in a similar location to an outage in 2023 that left customers without internet for 14 weeks. -
The company says a new 950-mile fiber optic cable from Nome to Homer should offer redundancy against undersea damage that caused a major outage in 2023. -
The Alaska Native villages had sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture over a telecommunications grant issued without their approval. -
The massive Graphite One project could become the largest U.S. source of the mineral as China reviews graphite exports. -
Staff were doubled for this year's revision of the original 2019 report, which documents climate change effects statewide. -
The Aiviq, named after the Inupiaq word for walrus, was acquired last month. It will join the Coast Guard fleet in 2026. -
Ten-year-old Owen Ningeulook suffers from aplastic anemia, a rare blood disorder that results in low red blood cell counts. -
Golovin Power Utility officials say the generators were to be delivered by boat, but will now be flown to the western Alaska village. -
During Monday's Supreme Court LIVE event at Nome-Beltz High School, justices heard a case before a student audience.
