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VISITING— U.S. Coast Guard Vice Admiral Peter Gautier visited Nome October 2 during a trip around the state of Alaska. He sat down with The Nome Nugget to discuss current USCG operations.
During his short tour around Alaska, U.S. Coast Guard Vice Admiral Peter Gautier made a stop in Nome last Wednesday to meet with local leaders with the goal to better understand the enormity of the...
SENTENCING— Martin Saccheus and his defense attorney Elvina Rose Meyer during the sentencing hearing on Oct. 2, 2024. The sentencing was streamed on Zoom.
A Palmer judge last week asked for more time to consider a sentence for convicted murderer Martin Luther Saccheus, 40, after hearing from the prosecution, the defense, and from the family of Bobbi...
VACATED— A federal judge vacated the critical habitat boundaries for bearded and ringed seals.
Last week, a federal judge in Anchorage vacated a protected bearded and ringed seal habitat along the entire coastline from the Canadian border in the north along the entire western Alaska coastline...
The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation is set to approve an Alaska Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit to IPOP LLC, according to an email sent out on September 30 by the DEC. ...
TANK FARM–The Bonanza fuel tank farm from on top of one of the nine tanks.
Bonanza fuel tanks will stay on solid ground for years to come with the help of a $4.5 million U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration grant that will support the installation...
In a meeting on Thursday evening, the Nome Common Council canvassed the municipal election results. The official results are as follows: Council Seat C: Scot Henderson, 304 votes, 21 write-ins...
A Russian Coast Guard vessel is observed by the U.S. Coast Guard traversing the Bering Sea in formation with Chinese Coast Guard vessels, on Sept. 28.
The U.S. Coast Guard observed four vessels from the Russian Border Guard and Chinese Coast Guard conducting a joint patrol in the Bering Sea on Saturday.  By Tuesday of this week, the ships were seen...
City Clerk Dan Grimmer and Election Judge Jim Dory go over the results of today's municipal election in Nome.
Shortly after 8 o'clock when the polls at Old St. Joe's closed, City Clerk Dan Grimmer read the unofficial results of the Oct. 1 municipal elections. In the race for Nome Common Council seat D,...
COUNCIL SEAT C— Scot Henderson is the incumbent of seat C on the Nome Common Council and he seeks reelection.
On Tuesday, Oct. 1, Nome voters will be casting their ballots for the following offices: Two Nome Common Council seats, two NJUS board seats and two School Board seats. Nearly all candidates running...
APPEAL— Rexodus Pomrenke appealed the city clerk’s decision that deemed her ineligible for candidacy for municipal office. Listening is outgoing council member Meghan Sigvanna Tapqaq, who chaired the council meeting in the absence of the mayor.
The Nome Common Council, in an unanimous vote, denied Rexodus Pomrenke’s appeal to overturn the city clerk’s decision that found her ineligible to run for office and thus excluded her from the...

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