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By Megan Gannon
Last Thursday morning, thousands gathered in the Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center in downtown Anchorage for the first in-person gathering of the Alaska Federation of Natives...
By Diana Haecker
The Nome Common Council welcomed two new members to the panel: Councilman-elect Cameron Piscoya was sworn in to serve a three-year term and Kellie Miller took the oath of office to...
By Megan Gannon
Last Thursday afternoon at the convention of the Alaska Federation of Natives, Alaska’s Gov. Mike Dunleavy took the stage with his wife Rose to present the annual Shirley Demientieff...
By Diana Haecker
A Nome man who was reported overdue as he was traveling by boat from Koyuk to Nome on Monday, October 10, was found dead by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter search crew two days later...
By Diana Haecker
A man was arrested for shooting off his gun in a residential area in Nome on Sunday night. Four shots were ringing out in the middle of the night, waking up residents near the 900...
On Sunday, Sept. 18, residents of the Nome region awoke to deal with the wreckage of ex-typhoon Merbok, one of the most destructive storms to hit Western Alaska in recent memory. When access to the...
A Nome man who was reported overdue as he was traveling from Koyuk to Nome on October 10, was found dead by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter search crew. Alaska State Troopers say that Bo Adams, 38,...
By Megan Gannon
Applications opened last week for Western Alaska residents to ask for assistance related to losses from ex-typhoon Merbok.
Local officials have been encouraging people to gather as...
By Diana Haecker
The unofficial, preliminary results of the Tuesday, Oct. 4 municipal elections in Nome indicate that Nome voters have repealed the seasonal sales tax and elected Cameron Piscoya as...
By Diana Haecker
A six-inch butter clam harvested on August 28 three miles north of Savoonga tested positive for saxitoxins, or paralytic shellfish poison, Norton Sound Health Corporation...