News
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,...
By Diana Haecker
Two overdue boaters from Teller were rescued by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter last Friday after being reported overdue on Thursday.
They were both found alive and well in a cabin...
By Diana Haecker
As COVID infections surge in Nome and the region, Nome City Manager Glenn Steckman put before the Nome Common Council an emergency ordinance that would’ve closed bars until Nov. 14...
By Julia Lerner
On Thursday, Oct. 28, NSHC reported the second COVID-19 death in the region. According to state data, the deceased is a man in his 60s, from Nome.
COVID-19 cases in the Nome, Norton...
By Julia Lerner
As Nome’s Emergency Shelter Team, NEST for short, prepares to welcome its first guests for the winter season next week, many Nomeites are continuing to discuss housing solutions and...
By Diana Haecker
It was not a press release that announced changes to Alaska Airlines’ service to Nome, but whispers on the street. Those whispers proved true as Alaska Airlines confirmed this week...
By Julia Lerner
Warming sea waters are contributing to a massive growth of harmful and toxic algal blooms in the waters of the Bering Sea, putting both marine animals and human lives at risk,...
By Diana Haecker
During Monday’s regular meeting, the Nome Common Council swiftly moved through a light agenda without any action items. The main action consisted of swearing in new council member...
By Julia Lerner
Members of Alaska’s redistricting board visited Nome on Monday to hear public testimony regarding their six proposed district maps.
“The redistricting board is travelling around the...
By Julia Lerner
More than a year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic, Nome has seen the first COVID-related death last week.
On Wednesday morning, a Nome resident died of COVID-19. The individual...
