Long ago, before sea level rise and then politics intervened, man and other animals moved freely through the Bering Strait region between Asia and North America.
Fishing was high on the agenda when the newly appointed chairman of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission Tom Dans visited Nome last week.
Dans, excited to have succeeded in fishing for Arctic grayling, and antsy to go to Outfitters to get fishing...
Around 50 people attended a campaign event hosted by U.S. Senate candidate Democrat Mary Peltola last week at Nome VFW Post #9569.
Peltola was Alaska’s congresswoman from 2022 to 2025. She won a special election after Don Young’s death, was elected...
A stunning 61 percent of Alaskan maritime waters are not sufficiently mapped by modern standards, and a much higher percentage in the vast Bering Sea and Bering Strait region is not up to date in modern charts, either. This, coupled with increasing...
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Unofficial primary results indicate that in the race for U.S. Senate, Mary Peltola has a tiny lead over incumbent Republican Dan S. Sullivan, with Dan J. Sullivan Jr. (Petersburg Sullivan) in third and Gerald Heikes placing fourth.
In the open...
Progress on the Steadman Road improvements has proceeded on schedule and the road is expected to be open to traffic again by August 15. The project is scheduled to be totally completed by September 1.
Steadman Road is a state-owned road and the...
Kids cleaning up trash on Middle Beach on July 31 ended up finding a whole host of strange pieces of trash. Old ropes, tires, a pig's foot and a discarded strobe beacon were some of the debris collected by Nome Eskimo Community's Outdoors Club,...
The Supreme Court last week handed down a 24-page opinion of statewide interest, which confirmed that a Norton Sound Health Corporation property used to house employees and others is exempt from City of Nome property taxation. The property in...
Candidate for governor Meda DeWitt and running mate Chris Steere visited Nome August 2 and 3.
DeWitt, originally from Wrangell and Yakutat, is running as an independent candidate in a crowded field of 17 vying for the governor’s office. Steere is...
Big military aircraft, Apache helicopters and camouflage-colored military vehicles are sights Nome is not used to.
But for the first week in August, a joint Canadian and U.S. exercise dubbed “Tundra Merlin” is taking place in and around Nome, so be...
Last week, the National Transportation Safety Board released the final report on their investigation of the February 6, 2025, Bering Air plane crash that killed the pilot and nine passengers aboard.
The NTSB said in a press release that inadequate...
Last Thursday, a crowd of parents and community members filtered into the Nome Elementary School gym, piling onto the bleachers and whispering in anticipation as they stared at an impromptu performance space set up on the gym floor. The overhead...
With the primary election coming up on August 18, candidates for various offices have parachuted into Nome for a quick campaign stop, often on very short notice.
Last week, two gubernatorial candidates in a crowded field of 17 vying for the job as...
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