ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY—Adelaine Aklaasiaq Ahmasuk is one of several voices to ask for an Environmental Impact Study to fully examine the impacts that a graphite mine will have on northern Kigluaik Mountains. Comments were made during a public hearing in Nome.
Dust, spoilage of a pristine subsistence area, skepticism of baseline studies assertions and testimony of deep connections to the land proposed to be turned into a graphite mine dominated public comments during a meeting hosted by U.S.
SKIMEISTER — Ella Hubert of Nome, right, was crowned the Middle School Girls Skimeister at the recent WISA Ski/Biathlon Championships held in Galena, on March 26-28, 2026.
The Nanooks finished their ski and biathlon season last weekend with the 2026 First Tracks Ski Race & Invitational in White Mountain.
2026 iditarod champion Jessie Holmes
Jessie Holmes of Brushkana, Alaska, notched his second consecutive Iditarod win on Tuesday, March 17 when he reached the burled arch at 9:32 p.m. with 12 dogs in harness, after nine days, seven hours and 32 minutes on the trail.
PROPOSED CREW CAMP SITE— The BSNC property south of the Richard Foster Building is the proposed site for a crew camp to house Kiewit employees building the first phase of the Port of Nome expansion.
At a public hearing during their Tuesday, March 3 meeting the Nome Planning Commission voted in favor of a variance application to relax setbacks requirements on the internal property lines at the site of a proposed Kiewit 186-person man camp.
DEFENDING CHAMP— Jessie Holmes heads down 4th Avenue during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Ceremonial Start on Saturday, March 7.
The 54th running of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race kicked off with a snowy ceremonial start in Anchorage the morning of Saturday, March 7.
Dogs need to be raised and carefully brought up in a way to where they trust the musher 100 percent while at the same time the musher can fully trust his or her team.
The Iditarod is the culmination of years of dreams and planning for a dog musher.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY—Adelaine Aklaasiaq Ahmasuk is one of several voices to ask for an Environmental Impact Study to fully examine the impacts that a graphite mine will have on northern Kigluaik Mountains. Comments were made during a public hearing in Nome.
SKIMEISTER — Ella Hubert of Nome, right, was crowned the Middle School Girls Skimeister at the recent WISA Ski/Biathlon Championships held in Galena, on March 26-28, 2026.
2026 iditarod champion Jessie Holmes
PROPOSED CREW CAMP SITE— The BSNC property south of the Richard Foster Building is the proposed site for a crew camp to house Kiewit employees building the first phase of the Port of Nome expansion.
DEFENDING CHAMP— Jessie Holmes heads down 4th Avenue during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Ceremonial Start on Saturday, March 7.
Dogs need to be raised and carefully brought up in a way to where they trust the musher 100 percent while at the same time the musher can fully trust his or her team.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY—Adelaine Aklaasiaq Ahmasuk is one of several voices to ask for an Environmental Impact Study to fully examine the impacts that a graphite mine will have on northern Kigluaik Mountains. Comments were made during a public hearing in Nome.
Dust, spoilage of a pristine subsistence area, skepticism of baseline studies assertions and testimony of deep connections to the land proposed to be turned into a graphite mine dominated public comments during a meeting hosted by U.S. Army Corps of...
STUDENTS SPEAK UP—  Nome-Beltz Middle High School students Sara James, Renee Brown and Sage Gregg advocate for Nome Public Schools during public comments at the Nome Common Council meeting on Monday, April 13 in Nome City Hall.
The Nome Common Council on Monday passed a resolution to contribute $3 million to the school district for fiscal year 2027, beginning on July 1. The contribution can be increased later as the city’s budget is finalized over the coming months....
SEAL OIL LAMP—Sigvanna Tapqaq lights a seal oil lamp to kick off the United Youth Courts of Alaska conference on Saturday, April 11 at Nome Elementary School.
Over 60 students from across the state gathered in Nome last weekend for the annual United Youth Courts of Alaska, or UYCA, conference. On the stage of Nome Elementary School cafeteria, Sigvanna Tapqaq, the Nome Youth Court coordinator, lit an seal...
Mine plan as detailed in the Environmental Evaluation Document produced by Graphite One.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is holding public meetings in Nome, Teller and Brevig Mission next week to give an overview of the proposed Graphite One graphite mine on the northern slopes of the Kigluaik Mountains and to present information on...
A red fox near Nome.
A red fox hit by a car in Nome last month tested positive for a variant of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, or HPAI. Sara Henslee, Area Biologist at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, said that the fox was brought in after someone hit it...
SKIMEISTER — Ella Hubert of Nome, right, was crowned the Middle School Girls Skimeister at the recent WISA Ski/Biathlon Championships held in Galena, on March 26-28, 2026.
The Nanooks finished their ski and biathlon season last weekend with the 2026 First Tracks Ski Race & Invitational in White Mountain. The previous weekend, Nanooks competed at the Western Interior Ski Association Championships, or WISA, in...
Start of the NKC Nome-Golovin 200 race.
The Nome Kennel Club last week hosted the inaugural Nome-Golovin 200 sled dog race, with four local teams and three teams from Two Rivers and Nenana competing. Historically, the Nome Kennel Club has organized the Nome-Council 200 but this year,...
CONDITIONAL USE— Kiewit representatives Dan Peterson and Scott Fowlds, and Ron Thompson of Scope Permitting & Engineering answerquestions from the Planning Commission during a special meeting on Tuesday, March 31.
The Nome Planning Commission approved a conditional use permit  for a proposed 186-person crew camp in town to house construction crews working on the Port of Nome expansion project, slated to begin this summer. The special meeting included a...
Members of the Nome City Council, Port Commission and city administration met with Adam Telle, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works last Wednesday in a closed-door meeting at Old St. Joe’s.  In a press briefing following the meeting,...
RALLY – Nomeites gather Saturday, March 28 for a “No Kings” rally at Anvil City Square.
On Saturday, March 28, just over a dozen Nomeites gathered at Anvil City Square to take part in a “No Kings” protest. Nationwide, thousands of planned protests garnered millions of attendees. Conner Thomas, holding a sign that proclaimed, ‘...
IPOP LLC's plans to mine for gold in the Bonanza Channel meet resistance from state regulators.
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources denied an appeal by IPOP LLC, as the Nevada outfit tried to overturn a decision by the DNR Division of Mining, Land and Water that had denied IPOP’s permit application to start up a controversial gold...
Without legal cab services, Nomeites without transportation have to brave the elements to get to places.
The city’s deadline to apply for taxi cab licenses by March 2 came and went, with the result that currently no legal taxi cabs are roaming Nome’s roads for the lack of any entity or person to submit an application to run a legal taxi cab. During...

Obituaries

March 2, 1952 – March 31, 2026
Jens was born to Jens Harry Noet and Phyllis Hope (Shanks) Noet in Cottage Grove, Wisconsin and was raised in suburbs of Chicago, Illinois with his...

Education

SPEAKING UP—  Assistant Superintendent Elizabeth Korenek-Johnson speaks at the school board meeting on Thursday, February 12.

Discussion of budget woes was the main thread throughout last week’s school board meeting.

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