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By Diana Haecker
Alaska Senatorial candidate Kelly Tshibaka (R) visited Nome on Monday and Tuesday on her first campaign trip to the region. After a visit to Koyuk and Shaktoolik, Tshibaka traveled...
By Julia Lerner
Researchers are predicting low fish runs in the Norton Sound and Northern Bering Sea region again next year, according to research biologist Jim Murphy.
Murphy, who works with the...
By Julia Lerner
The Norton Sound Health Corporation has identified more than 100 COVID-19 cases across the region in the last week, and new infections statewide surged over the weekend with more 1,...
By Julia Lerner
When President Joe Biden signed a historic infrastructure package into law on the lawn of the White House on Monday, Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski and Representative Don Young were...
By Santiago Hubahib Jr.
Diomede School SPED Teacher/History Teacher
A polar bear with cub came to school early on Friday, Nov. 5.
An emergency alarm was heard at 10:15 a.m. when a huge polar bear...
By Julia Lerner
COVID-19 cases in Nome are slowly beginning to decrease, but several villages see a rise in infections, according to the Norton Sound Health Corporation. In the last week, NSHC has...
By Diana Haecker
The Nome Common Council breezed through a light agenda in last Monday’s regular meeting, passing two resolutions that authorized the purchase of two new police cars and issuing a...
By Julia Lerner
Key marine species in the Northern Bering Sea, including several types of crab and fish, have seen significant population declines over the last several years, according to a new...
By Julia Lerner
Representatives from the City and Port of Nome traveled to Anchorage last week to participate in the annual Alaska Association of Harbormasters and Port Administrators conference....
By Julia Lerner
The Nome, Norton Sound and Bering Strait region has seen its second COVID-19 related death last week. The individual, a regional resident in his 60s, passed away on Wednesday,...