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By Peter Loewi The email was short, and titled Air Raids. “As we watch things heat up overseas, does Nome have any buildings for bomb shelters?” It was not the only email or phone call that The...
Rob Luce addresses the Nome City Council on Feb. 28, 2022.
By Diana Haecker After months of work sessions, debates at regular meetings and hearing angry testimony from Nome residents, an attempt to curb by ordinance hard liquor sales through package stores...
PUBLIC OUTREACH— Sgt. 1st Class Kempner and Sgt. Conant greet Nome residents with hamburgers and hotdogs fresh off the grill during an outreach event at the National Guard Armory on Sunday, Feb. 27, as part of the Arctic Eagle exercise in Nome.
By Peter Loewi About 150 participants from across the country and a variety of government agencies are in Nome as part of the Alaska National Guard’s Arctic Eagle/Patriot 2022 exercise. During a...
By Peter Loewi The Omicron variant appeared to have stopped spreading almost as quickly as it started, with active cases down 76 percent from their January 28 peak, but then rose again slightly...
By Peter Loewi A long weekend and stormy weather again drove COVID testing and cases down across the region. For the first time since January 10, active cases dropped below 100, a welcome development...
Arctic Eagle will be sweeping in soon   By Peter Loewi The Alaska National Guard will be hosting a large exercise in Nome from February 24, 2022 to March 6. As previously reported in the Nugget, the...
By Diana Haecker The Nome Common Council met on Valentine’s Day with a full agenda, beginning with a work session to mull an ordinance that aims to regulate liquor sales. Before the Council was an...
By Peter Loewi COVID-19 cases in the region, though still very high, appear to decrease. In the Lower 48, they seem to have come down from the Omicron peak, and Alaska has seen a large drop, as well...
FROSTBITE—Tim Hewitt's face shows frostbite injuries.
By Peter Loewi Tim Hewitt’s plane to Anchorage has a flat tire. Despite having been unable to walk there, as he had planned, Hewitt is remarkably upbeat. “I’m sitting here, so I think I have a fair...
By Diana Haecker A trailer home at Dexter Bypass Road burned to the ground on Tuesday, February 1, claiming one fatality. Authorities have not yet confirmed the identity of the body that was found...

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