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Ryan Redington, 40, of Knik, AK won the 2023 Iditarod in a time of 8 days, 21 hours and 13 minutes.
By Megan Gannon
After four days without flights, Nomeites stranded at the Anchorage airport are starting to wonder if the Iditarod mushers will beat them back home. The delays have been a good...
By Diana Haecker
Puddles on ice, slippery sidewalks and heavy wet snow berms are remnants of a three-day weather event that pummeled Nome and the region.
Over the weekend and for the most part on...
By Megan Gannon
This past Monday afternoon, the “Open” flag was hanging outside the Nome Community Center’s Food Bank. Shoni Evans and Doris Angusuc were inside, ready to serve families in need of...
By Diana Haecker
In a court hearing that spread out over two days, Jacob Olanna, 39, accused of sexually assaulting a young woman mid-November 2021, accepted a plea bargain and was sentenced to 30...
By Megan Gannon
Life in Nome slowed during consecutive blizzards over the last week. On the evening of Monday, Feb. 20, the last of the Iron Dog snowmachiners on the trail made it to their...
By Megan Gannon
The board of directors of the Norton Sound Health Corporation convened last week in Nome for its first annual meeting in person since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The public comment...
By Megan Gannon
Graphite One has applied for a permit to create a “temporary winter access trail” across 20 miles of remote terrain outside of Nome to get ready for its upcoming season of...
By Diana Haecker
The Port of Nome is expecting a busy summer with at an anticipated 13 cruise ship landings, four visits by the research vessel Sikuliaq and two dockings of the Japanese Naval...
By Megan Gannon
Earlier this month, hundreds gathered in Utqiaġvik’s high school gym for a four-day Kivgiq or “messenger feast” celebration—the first since 2019. The traditional Iñupiaq festival...
