# crockett (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover crockett. Page: Feed: --- ## [U.S. Arctic Research Commission Chair visits Nome](https://nomenugget.com/news/us-arctic-research-commission-chair-visits-nome) _2026-08-20 · admin · The Nome Nugget - Alaska's Oldest Newspaper_ By Diana Haecker Fishing was high on the agenda when the newly appointed chairman of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission Tom Dans visited Nome last week. Dans, excited to have succeeded in fishing for Arctic grayling, and antsy to go to Outfitters to get fishing gear for another trip to fish at the Nome River, visited with The Nome Nugget Friday, August 14 during his two-day trip to Nome. Asked… ## [Mary Peltola makes campaign stop in Nome](https://nomenugget.com/news/mary-peltola-makes-campaign-stop-nome) _2026-08-20 · admin · The Nome Nugget - Alaska's Oldest Newspaper_ By Ariana Crockett O'Harra Around 50 people attended a campaign event hosted by U.S. Senate candidate Democrat Mary Peltola last week at Nome VFW Post #9569. Peltola was Alaska’s congresswoman from 2022 to 2025. She won a special election after Don Young’s death, was elected in the 2022 general election to a full term but lost the 2024 election to current Congressman Nick Begich, a Republican.… ## [NOAA ship Fairweather on the mission to map large swaths of the Bering Sea](https://nomenugget.com/news/noaa-ship-fairweather-mission-map-large-swaths-bering-sea) _2026-08-20 · admin · The Nome Nugget - Alaska's Oldest Newspaper_ By Diana Haecker and Ariana Crockett O'Harra A stunning 61 percent of Alaskan maritime waters are not sufficiently mapped by modern standards, and a much higher percentage in the vast Bering Sea and Bering Strait region is not up to date in modern charts, either. This, coupled with increasing ship traffic made possible by decreasing sea ice in the Bering Strait region, is a potential recipe for… ## [Unofficial primary results show Peltola, Nick Begich and JKT leading races for Senate, House and Governor](https://nomenugget.com/news/unofficial-primary-results-show-peltola-nick-begich-and-jkt-leading-races-senate-house-and) _2026-08-19 · admin · The Nome Nugget - Alaska's Oldest Newspaper_ By Diana Haecker Unofficial primary results indicate that in the race for U.S. Senate, Mary Peltola has a tiny lead over incumbent Republican Dan S. Sullivan, with Dan J. Sullivan Jr. (Petersburg Sullivan) in third and Gerald Heikes placing fourth. In the open primaries, the top four vote-getters move on to the general election in November, which will be a ranked choice election. In the race for… ## [Construction on Steadman Road nearly complete](https://nomenugget.com/news/construction-steadman-road-nearly-complete) _2026-08-13 · admin · The Nome Nugget - Alaska's Oldest Newspaper_ By Ariana Crockett O'Harra Progress on the Steadman Road improvements has proceeded on schedule and the road is expected to be open to traffic again by August 15. The project is scheduled to be totally completed by September 1. Steadman Road is a state-owned road and the nearly $4.4 million project was awarded in 2025 to Knik Construction. In June, Knik Construction workers closed Steadman Road,… ## [Local youth clean up Nome’s beaches](https://nomenugget.com/news/local-youth-clean-nome%E2%80%99s-beaches) _2026-08-13 · admin · The Nome Nugget - Alaska's Oldest Newspaper_ By Ariana Crockett O'Harra Kids cleaning up trash on Middle Beach on July 31 ended up finding a whole host of strange pieces of trash. Old ropes, tires, a pig's foot and a discarded strobe beacon were some of the debris collected by Nome Eskimo Community's Outdoors Club, helped by Kawerak Environmental and Gay Sheffield with UAF Alaska Sea Grant. The Norton Sound Health Corporation’s Environmental… ## [Alaska Supreme Court sides with NSHC about property tax exemption for apartment building](https://nomenugget.com/news/alaska-supreme-court-sides-nshc-about-property-tax-exemption-apartment-building) _2026-08-11 · admin · The Nome Nugget - Alaska's Oldest Newspaper_ By Diana Haecker The Supreme Court last week handed down a 24-page opinion of statewide interest, which confirmed that a Norton Sound Health Corporation property used to house employees and others is exempt from City of Nome property taxation. The property in question is identified as Property 1, an apartment building NSHC owns on First Avenue in Nome. The Supreme Court opinion, released on August… ## [Gubernatorial candidate Meda DeWitt and running mate make campaign stop in Nome](https://nomenugget.com/news/gubernatorial-candidate-meda-dewitt-and-running-mate-make-campaign-stop-nome) _2026-08-06 · admin · The Nome Nugget - Alaska's Oldest Newspaper_ By Ariana Crockett O’Harra Candidate for governor Meda DeWitt and running mate Chris Steere visited Nome August 2 and 3. DeWitt, originally from Wrangell and Yakutat, is running as an independent candidate in a crowded field of 17 vying for the governor’s office. Steere is from Unalakleet. Both currently live in Anchorage. DeWitt is a Lingí­t traditional healer, community and political organizer,… ## [Tundra Merlin: Military conducts exercise in Nome](https://nomenugget.com/news/tundra-merlin-military-conducts-exercise-nome) _2026-08-06 · admin · The Nome Nugget - Alaska's Oldest Newspaper_ By Diana Haecker Big military aircraft, Apache helicopters and camouflage-colored military vehicles are sights Nome is not used to. But for the first week in August, a joint Canadian and U.S. exercise dubbed “Tundra Merlin” is taking place in and around Nome, so be ready to see unfamiliar vehicles in and around town. The activities were announced in press releases and social media posts last week… ## [NTSB releases final report on Flight 445](https://nomenugget.com/news/ntsb-releases-final-report-flight-445) _2026-08-06 · admin · The Nome Nugget - Alaska's Oldest Newspaper_ By Diana Haecker Last week, the National Transportation Safety Board released the final report on their investigation of the February 6, 2025, Bering Air plane crash that killed the pilot and nine passengers aboard. The NTSB said in a press release that inadequate airspeed management during severe icing conditions combined with an airplane loaded above its maximum gross weight led to the crash.… ## [Marketplace for AI-Powered Professionals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/9AAVYeEqksi9) _2026-08-06 · **Sponsored**_ Find professionals who use ChatGPT, Copilot, and Claude to deliver work faster. ## [Winifred Haun & Dancers perform with Unalakleet and Nome dancers](https://nomenugget.com/arts/winifred-haun-dancers-perform-unalakleet-and-nome-dancers) _2026-08-06 · admin · The Nome Nugget - Alaska's Oldest Newspaper_ By Ariana Crockett O’Harra Last Thursday, a crowd of parents and community members filtered into the Nome Elementary School gym, piling onto the bleachers and whispering in anticipation as they stared at an impromptu performance space set up on the gym floor. The overhead lights went out, the music began, and floodlights lit up the improvised stage in a multicolored array. Dancing with the… ## [A friendly PSA from Congressman Davy](https://stage-write.ghost.io/a-friendly-psa-from-congressman-davy/) _2026-07-08 · Richard Byrne · Stage Write_ Listen to the FREE Congressman Davy radio play ! Purchase the soundtrack (CD/ digital) at Bandcamp! ## [Congressman Davy: A Brand New Musical Radio Play](https://stage-write.ghost.io/congressman-davy-a-brand-new-musical-radio-play/) _2026-06-29 · Richard Byrne · Stage Write_ Congressman Davy – the new musical I have written with Dean Schlabowske about Davy Crockett's political rise and fall – has had a long journey. I started to write Congressman Davy in 2014. Finished a first complete draft of book and lyrics in 2018. Dean finished the bulk ## [Out Now: CONGRESSMAN DAVY](https://stage-write.ghost.io/out-now-congressman-davy/) _2026-06-12 · Richard Byrne · Stage Write_ It is a very exciting day for this dramatist. And for any subscriber to Stage Write involved as a performer or supporter in my latest project. The soundtrack to Congressman Davy – a musical I have written with Dean Schlabowske of the Waco Brothers – is out today on CD, ## [New: Beauty Doesn't Reach Me at Zona Motel](https://stage-write.ghost.io/new-beauty-doesnt-reach-me-at-zona-motel/) _2026-05-26 · Richard Byrne · Stage Write_ It was more than a bit of a thrill to find a new review of Beauty Doesn't Reach Me (We Heard You Like Books) in my email today. Chris Oxley's piece on the book at Zona Motel looks at Beauty Doesn't Reach Me with ## [The U.S. Anti-Comic Book Movement: New Evidence](https://stage-write.ghost.io/the-u-s-anti-comic-book-movement-new-evidence/) _2026-05-13 · Richard Byrne · Stage Write_ My new book, Beauty Doesn’t Reach Me , examines the journey of antifascist playwright Ernst Toller ’s death mask from the hands of its maker to the collection at the Leo Baeck Institute in New York City. Along the way, a new window into the anti-comic book ## [Beauty Doesn't Reach Me at the Little Atoms Podcast](https://stage-write.ghost.io/beauty-doesnt-reach-me-at-the-little-atoms-podcast/) _2026-05-01 · Richard Byrne · Stage Write_ Neil Denny's Little Atoms podcast is one of the best places to check in on the latest intellectual currents in literature, science, art and politics. It is always terrific to see writers whom you know there: George Saunders discussing his new book, Vigil , or Laura Lippman talking about ## [Powers We Pretend to Understand](https://stage-write.ghost.io/powers-we-pretend-to-understand/) _2026-04-01 · Richard Byrne · Stage Write_ This is the fourth and final essay in a series written to coincide with the publication of Beauty Doesn’t Reach Me (We Heard You Like Books). Order a copy now . One of the things I discovered quickly as I started to research the death mask ## [Hesketh: An Artist Lost & Found](https://stage-write.ghost.io/hesketh-an-artist-lost-found/) _2026-03-24 · Richard Byrne · Stage Write_ This is the third in a series of essays written to coincide with the publication of Beauty Doesn’t Reach Me (We Heard You Like Books). Order a copy now . My new book, Beauty Doesn’t Reach Me, would not exist without Florence “Hesketh& ## [Comics, Crime, and Coverups](https://stage-write.ghost.io/comics-crime-and-coverups/) _2026-03-17 · Richard Byrne · Stage Write_ This is the second in a series of essays written to coincide with the publication of Beauty Doesn’t Reach Me (We Heard You Like Books). Order a copy now . The mysteries surrounding Ernst Toller’s death and afterlife are numerous. Why did he commit suicide at Manhattan& ## [From any door to your door (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/kMxEK0vi6RlT) _2026-03-17 · **Sponsored**_ Book rides, errands, deliveries, groceries and home help in one app ## [Forgotten Man: Exploring the Mysteries of Ernst Toller’s Death](https://stage-write.ghost.io/forgotten-man-exploring-the-mysteries-of-ernst-tollers-death/) _2026-03-10 · Richard Byrne · Stage Write_ This is the first in a series of essays written to coincide with the publication of Beauty Doesn’t Reach Me (We Heard You Like Books). Order a copy now . Antifascist playwright, poet and activist Ernst Toller is not a familiar name in 2026. Yet when he committed suicide ## [Davy Crockett: March 6, 1836](https://stage-write.ghost.io/davy-crockett-march-6-1836/) _2026-03-06 · Richard Byrne · Stage Write_ We have put together an all-star cast for Congressman Davy - a musical journey that revisits the political career of Davy Crockett that I have written with Dean Schlabowske . Find out how you can help us tell Crockett's amazing but true tale later this spring! Everybody remembers the ## [Davy Crockett, Politician](https://stage-write.ghost.io/davy-crockett-politician/) _2026-01-20 · Richard Byrne · Stage Write_ We are bringing Congressman Davy – a new musical about Davy Crockett's political career – to a wider public for America's Semiquincentennial in 2026. Find out how you can help ! The immense gap between the reality and legend of Davy Crockett first snapped into focus in ## [The Decembrists at 200](https://stage-write.ghost.io/the-decembrists-at-200/) _2025-12-26 · Richard Byrne · Stage Write_ On this day, two centuries ago, there was a revolt in Saint Petersburg. (December 14th on the old Russian calendar.) Those who launched it were largely composed of a new generation of Russian men who had served in the military and imbibed the revolutionary zeal (and principles) of the American ## [Congressman Davy Rides Again](https://stage-write.ghost.io/congressman-davy-rides-again/) _2025-12-19 · Richard Byrne · Stage Write_ It has been more than a year since Congressman Davy – the musical I have written with Dean Schlabowske – had a full staged reading at Washington DC's historic True Reformer building. We have been busy plotting the next steps. And now we can announce them: Congressman Davy ## [Four Decades in the Game](https://stage-write.ghost.io/four-decades-in-the-game/) _2025-12-17 · Richard Byrne · Stage Write_ I recently went through some old boxes in storage. I kept of a lot of my old writings from the alternative press. But I was surprised to find that I had saved a copy of the very first paid article I had published in a newspaper. It ran 40 years