A short drive towards the outskirts of Nome reveals the scars left by a long winter. Bumps and ruts toss cars- and their passengers- up and down from their seats. As the snow melts in early May, brave travelers can make it just over 20 miles out of town before encountering impassable snow drifts. The tall task of clearing and repairing the roads surrounding Nome are well underway, with the Alaska Department of Transportation spearheading the effort.
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As water levels receded Sunday, residents in the Bering Strait region began taking stock of the damage done by the strongest fall storm to hit Western Alaska in 50 years.
FORMER KAUAI RESIDENT FOUND DEAD ON PHUKET Submitted by admin on Thu, 12/30/2004 - 00:00
By Paul C. Curtis
KAUAI, Hawaii (The Garden Island, Dec. 29) – Dave Sammann, known on the Kauai’s North Shore as Taxi Dave when he owned and operated North Shore Limo and North Shore Cab, was found dead in his pickup truck near a beach house he was building for his family on Phuket Island, Thailand, friends said.
Sammann, who sold his company to members of the Carswell family, moved to the Phuket area a few years ago, and was in the process of building his family home on a beach in Khao Lak, according to information obtained from Thailand by Donna Apisa, president and principal broker of Oceanfront Realty International, Inc.