NERVES OF STEEL—Nome Nanook Orson Hoogendorn moves the ball into the danger zone with less than 10 seconds to play in last Saturday’s State Championship game against Mt. Edgecumbe. With just two seconds left he delivered a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to put the Nanooks into the lead and cinch the state title for 2024
Clutching their State Championship trophy, the Nome Nanooks Boys’ Basketball team exited the Alaska Airlines terminal in Nome on Sunday to a true hero’s welcome.
RED LANTERN — Rookie musher Jeff Reid arrived in 29th place under the Burled Arch in the wee hours of Saturday morning, bringing the 52nd running of the Iditarod to a close at 2:22 a.m. Reid finished the race in 12 days, 11 hours and 22 minutes.
Just after 2 a.m. on Saturday, Nome’s siren sounded for the final time of the 2024 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
GOLDEN HARNESS AWARD WINNER — Seavey showed some love to Golden Harness winner Aero, one of the lead dogs that got him to Nome.
Immediately after his arrival in Nome last week, Iditarod champion Dallas Seavey walked to the Mini Convention Center for a press conference so that reporters and fans could gain insight about what it takes to win the 1,000-mile sled dog race six
AST’s Statewide Drug Enforcement Unit, the Postal Inspection Service and the Nome Police Department were at the scene of the arrest of Joanne Stickel on Fourth Avenue in Nome yesterday.
A Nome woman was arrested at her residence in Nome yesterday, March 5, after she allegedly received and opened a parcel with 184 grams of cocaine.   
BUTTERCUP — A conservation group is arguing that the Alaskan glacier buttercup, or Ranunculus glacialis ssp. alaskensis deserves federal protection.
A conservation nonprofit has petitioned the federal government to protect a rare flower only found in the Kigluaik Mountains.
TESTIMONY — Melanie Bahnke speaks during a public meeting with BLM on protections for D-1 lands on Thursday, February 1 at the Mini Convention Center in Nome.
Indigenous residents of the Bering Strait region who attended a meeting with the U.S.
NERVES OF STEEL—Nome Nanook Orson Hoogendorn moves the ball into the danger zone with less than 10 seconds to play in last Saturday’s State Championship game against Mt. Edgecumbe. With just two seconds left he delivered a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to put the Nanooks into the lead and cinch the state title for 2024
RED LANTERN — Rookie musher Jeff Reid arrived in 29th place under the Burled Arch in the wee hours of Saturday morning, bringing the 52nd running of the Iditarod to a close at 2:22 a.m. Reid finished the race in 12 days, 11 hours and 22 minutes.
GOLDEN HARNESS AWARD WINNER — Seavey showed some love to Golden Harness winner Aero, one of the lead dogs that got him to Nome.
AST’s Statewide Drug Enforcement Unit, the Postal Inspection Service and the Nome Police Department were at the scene of the arrest of Joanne Stickel on Fourth Avenue in Nome yesterday.
BUTTERCUP — A conservation group is arguing that the Alaskan glacier buttercup, or Ranunculus glacialis ssp. alaskensis deserves federal protection.
TESTIMONY — Melanie Bahnke speaks during a public meeting with BLM on protections for D-1 lands on Thursday, February 1 at the Mini Convention Center in Nome.
NERVES OF STEEL—Nome Nanook Orson Hoogendorn moves the ball into the danger zone with less than 10 seconds to play in last Saturday’s State Championship game against Mt. Edgecumbe. With just two seconds left he delivered a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to put the Nanooks into the lead and cinch the state title for 2024
Clutching their State Championship trophy, the Nome Nanooks Boys’ Basketball team exited the Alaska Airlines terminal in Nome on Sunday to a true hero’s welcome. A crowd of Nanook fans gathered as snow fell, holding signs praising the winning team...
RED LANTERN — Rookie musher Jeff Reid arrived in 29th place under the Burled Arch in the wee hours of Saturday morning, bringing the 52nd running of the Iditarod to a close at 2:22 a.m. Reid finished the race in 12 days, 11 hours and 22 minutes.
Just after 2 a.m. on Saturday, Nome’s siren sounded for the final time of the 2024 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Revelers from the bars, fans and mushers spilled onto Front Street, braving cold north winds that made the single-digit temperatures...
GOLDEN HARNESS AWARD WINNER — Seavey showed some love to Golden Harness winner Aero, one of the lead dogs that got him to Nome.
Immediately after his arrival in Nome last week, Iditarod champion Dallas Seavey walked to the Mini Convention Center for a press conference so that reporters and fans could gain insight about what it takes to win the 1,000-mile sled dog race six...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pacific Ocean Division announced on Wednesday that it has offered a permit to IPOP, LLC to dredge for gold in the Bonanza Channel estuary east of Nome.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pacific Ocean Division announced on Wednesday that it has offered a permit to IPOP, LLC to dredge for gold in the Bonanza Channel estuary east of Nome. The permit was awarded after IPOP adjusted its plan to reduce...
WINNER — Nome-Golovin snowmachine race champion Wilson Hoogendorn celebrates his win with Cherish Engebretsen.
Going into the Nome-Golovin snowmachine race on Sunday, Wilson Hoogendorn said he was just hoping to finish because he hadn’t practiced the trail in a while. He not only completed the race for the first time but placed first overall. Hoogendorn...
Dallas Seavey and his lead dogs Arrow and Sebastian after winning this year's Iditarod.
Dallas Seavey is now in a league of his own, having notched the sixth Iditarod victory when he won the 2024 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race, arriving in Nome on Tuesday, March 12 at 5:16 p.m. after nine days, two hours, 16 minutes and eight seconds on...
A second person has been arrested and charged after law enforcement officials seized a shipment of cocaine in Nome. David Stickel, 31, faces a felony count of misconduct involving controlled substances in the third degree, a Class B felony,...
NOME GROWN— Iditarod musher Aaron Burmeister of Nome begins the ceremonial ride through Anchorage on March 2 with his Idita-Rider Tony Capone in the sled and son Hunter Burmeister riding the second sled. This is Burmeister’s 22nd run of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race.
Saturday March 2, a sun soaked, 10°F morning in Anchorage, 38 mushers and their teams took to the streets for the ceremonial start of the 52nd Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Vast crowds lined the streets on the bright but chilly day to watch and...
The Nugget Inn has new owners.
As of last week, the Nugget Inn officially has new owners. They have been working with the City of Nome to try to get 16 hotel rooms and the Gold Dust Saloon reopened ahead of next week’s the busy Iditarod festivities. As of Tuesday, the hotel was...

Obituaries

Gabriel “Gaiguk” Joseph Myomick was born and raised in St. Michael, Alaska. He was born to William and Olga Myomick on September 8, 1940. Olga passed away when he was young and Billy...

Education

As the Alaska House of Representatives struggled to pass an omnibus education bill, Nome Public School Board met for a regular meeting, hearing from frustrated teachers and community members as the

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