By Melissa Ford,
NNST Head Coach
By Diana Haecker
A Nome man was last week charged with 22 counts of sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree and two counts of sexual abuse in the second degree.
Robert O’Connor, 72, was arrested in Nome on Thursday, January 26 and appeared...
By Megan Gannon
Emma Pate did not grow up hearing about harmful algae in the Bering Strait region. But now she spends about 75 to 100 percent of her time at work thinking about these tiny, toxin-producing organisms that have become a new threat,...
By Megan Gannon
Though much of the Seward Peninsula remains untouched by development, one group of architects has been engineering steady changes: Beavers. They are expanding further into the Arctic as climate change creates warmer, more favorable...
By Diana Haecker
Port Director Joy Baker confirmed her intent to resign, saying last year that she was going to tell leadership at city hall the effective date of her resignation by the end of January. The effective date, she said last week in the...
By Diana Haecker
The Nome Common Council discussed federal and state priorities at last Monday’s regular meeting and passed two resolutions to prioritize capital projects. On top of the state list was the wish to create state incentives for new...
By Melissa Ford,
NNST Head Coach
The Nome Northstar Swim Team had a group of swimmers competing at the Hamme Pool in Fairbanks last weekend for the 2023 Sweetheart Invite. NNST placed fourth in points with only seven swimmers participating,...
By Diana Haecker
The victims of last week’s polar bear attack in Wales were identified as 24-year-old St. Michael resident Summer Myomick and her one-year-old son Clyde Ongtowasruk.
Alaska State Trooper spokesperson Austin McDaniel said that the...
By Diana Haecker
Kawerak Environmental Program Director Anahma Shannon made the case for a much-needed recycling center facility in Nome, presenting information from a feasibility study and several solutions to the Nome Common Council last week....
By Megan Gannon
Last week educators and the Nome Public Schools Board of Education discussed ways to bring more arts into the classrooms.
During the regular board meeting, Nome Elementary School Principal Elizabeth Korenek-Johnson said that a lot...
