Davis Hovey, KNOM - Nome
Davis Hovey is a news reporter at KNOM - Nome.
Hovey was born and raised in Virginia. He spent most of his childhood in Greene County 20 minutes outside of Charlottesville where University of Virginia is located.
Hovis was drawn in by the opportunity to work for a radio station in a remote, unique place like Nome Alaska. Hovis went to Syracuse University, where he graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science in Broadcast Digital Journalism.
Native-owned Nome business makes traditional garments with modern materials
Alice Bioff said her approach comes from her background as an Inupiaq woman living in Nome. “I was surrounded by women who sewed atikluks, qaspeqs. I was around that all my life,” she said.
Dead seabirds are washing ashore in Western Alaska for the fifth straight summer
Researchers and federal scientists still have no definitive explanation for the cause.
Western Alaska residents fill buckets of late-budding salmonberries
Some possible causes for late budding in berries include more precipitation when flowers bloom, which reduces pollination, an overall lack of pollinators, or sometimes animals and birds eat the berries during the winter.
2021 Iron Dog set to start with more restrictions, less support
The 2021 Iron Dog will start in two weeks, but with an adjusted route and new COVID-19 precautions.
In Nome, few sexual assault crimes result in prosecutions
Some survivors think law enforcement doesn’t prioritize these kinds of crimes, especially when the victims are Alaska Native.
Fall storms set back Bering and Chukchi sea ice formation in already delayed season
As of Nov. 3, sea ice in the Bering and Chukchi Seas in is the lowest on record for the last five years, even with tiny bits of ice starting to form in Norton Bay and the Kotzebue Sound.
12 new COVID-19 cases reported in Stebbins
The report comes after two weeks without a case in the Norton Sound community.
COVID-19 cases send Gambell into lockdown
A VPSO is patrolling the community to limit contact between residents.
After dry summer, Nome sets daily rain record
Nome recorded 1.27 inches of rain on Sept. 14
‘Pulse’ of marine debris in Bering Straits likely coming from Russia
The trash included butane and penetrating oil.
COVID-19 cases confirmed in St. Lawrence Island communities
According to the regional health corporation, his newest patient was tested as a close contact of the individual in Savoonga who was confirmed as a positive case on Sunday.
Cod tagging project shows cod might not overwinter in Bering Sea
As cod populations have surged in the area, it appears that so far, they aren't staying there the whole winter.
Travel ban in Unalakleet after two cases detected in one week
This latest case is a resident of Unalakleet unlike the first one which was identified as a non-resident of the community over the weekend.
Mysterious Bering Straits seabird die-off enters fourth year
Most of the dead birds reported last month were murres and horned puffins.
3 COVID-19 cases confirmed in one day in Norton Sound Region
One of the cases was in the community of Teller, population 237. Health authorities say they will offer additional testing for residents there.
Gambell rations fuel as it awaits fuel barge and line repair
Residents are only allowed to use two gallons of fuel per day due to a leaky fuel line and a fuel barge that didn't arrive last summer.
Census officials say they’ll count all rural Alaskans; Workers on the ground aren’t so sure
With limited person-to-person interaction hampering census effots, only about 17% of Nome's population has been counted.
COVID concerns thwart NOAA and other researchers’ plans to study a Bering Sea in flux
The regional tribal consortium in Nome is hoping researchers will cancel trips.
With Army Corps report signed, Nome Port project heads to Congress
It's the latest step in a 10-year, $500-million project.
Nome hospital reopens after positive tests among workers
The Norton Sound Regional Hospital closed down over the weekend after the first positive tested.