The Nome Public Schools Board of Education passed the FY26 budget in a special session. Pictured is School Board President Darlene Trigg.
Despite a potential large reduction in funding from the city, the Nome Public Schools Board of Education approved the final budget for the 2025-2026 school year o
Senator Murkowski, pictured here at the Nome Investment Summit on April 18, 2025.
Senator Lisa Murkowski, (R-Alaska) attended the City of Nome’s Investment Summit on Friday, holding a keynote address and making time for an interview with The Nome Nugget.
APRIL 19 – Common eiders and glaucous gulls are feeding in open water and roosting on ice floes in front of Nome’s Swanberg Dredge. These hardy, northern species stay along the ice edge in the Bering Sea all winter. If there is open water close to our shores and food to eat, they can potentially be seen near Nome during any month of the year.
April is the beginning of an exciting time of seasonal transition in Nome’s bird scene.
PRESENT— With a uniquely Nome-sense of humor, Nome Mayor John Handeland gifted Senator Lisa Murkowski with an oosik, the private parts of a male walrus, as an appropriate tool to take back to Congress.
An illustrious line-up of speakers attracted a large audience as the City of Nome held its first Investment Summit on Friday, April 18 at Old St.
Photo by Anna Lionas
EARLY DUCKS – A pair of northern pintails, hen in the lead, wings past Fort Davis on April 28, this year. Pintails are among the first migrants to arrive in the spring, and usually are already paired up for the breeding season. During migration, drakes typically follow their mates to the hen’s established nesting area.
The Nome Public Schools Board of Education passed the FY26 budget in a special session. Pictured is School Board President Darlene Trigg.
Senator Murkowski, pictured here at the Nome Investment Summit on April 18, 2025.
APRIL 19 – Common eiders and glaucous gulls are feeding in open water and roosting on ice floes in front of Nome’s Swanberg Dredge. These hardy, northern species stay along the ice edge in the Bering Sea all winter. If there is open water close to our shores and food to eat, they can potentially be seen near Nome during any month of the year.
PRESENT— With a uniquely Nome-sense of humor, Nome Mayor John Handeland gifted Senator Lisa Murkowski with an oosik, the private parts of a male walrus, as an appropriate tool to take back to Congress.
Photo by Anna Lionas
Community members took to the streets during the May 5 Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Day march from City Hall to the Rec Center in Nome. Photo by Anna Lionas By Laura Robertson On Monday afternoon, Bering Street was filled with red...
STRONG— Wyatt Ahmasuk outpulls his opponent in the Stick Pull, during the NYO competition in Anchorage  that started on April 24 and lasted for three days.
By Laura Robertson This year, two Nome teams competed at the Native Youth Olympic Games in Anchorage during the state event held last weekend in April. As usual, Nome-Beltz sent a team to compete, but this year, for the first time, Nome also sent...
    IN COMMITTEE–The Senate Finance Committee during their April 23 meeting where they introduced a new version of House Bill 57, which proposes an increase in funding to school districts. Photo by Anna Lionas     By Anna Lionas It’s coming down to...
Graphic courtesy Graphite One
By Anna Lionas On April 23, Graphite One Inc. released the feasibility study for the planned graphite mine on the Seward Peninsula. With the study complete, the Canadian mining company can now begin the process of applying for the state and...
The Nome Public Schools Board of Education passed the FY26 budget in a special session. Pictured is School Board President Darlene Trigg.
Despite a potential large reduction in funding from the city, the Nome Public Schools Board of Education approved the final budget for the 2025-2026 school year of $ 18.5 million, during a Tuesday night special session.  On Monday, the Nome Common...
Senator Murkowski, pictured here at the Nome Investment Summit on April 18, 2025.
Senator Lisa Murkowski, (R-Alaska) attended the City of Nome’s Investment Summit on Friday, holding a keynote address and making time for an interview with The Nome Nugget. Top of mind is the current administration’s policy to upend governmental...
PRESENT— With a uniquely Nome-sense of humor, Nome Mayor John Handeland gifted Senator Lisa Murkowski with an oosik, the private parts of a male walrus, as an appropriate tool to take back to Congress.
An illustrious line-up of speakers attracted a large audience as the City of Nome held its first Investment Summit on Friday, April 18 at Old St. Joe’s to discuss the future of Nome in light of a planned port expansion, changes brought on due to...
Mike Morgan won the 2025 Cannonball race, held on Saturday, April 19, 2025
The roar of snowmachines filled the Nome outer harbor on Saturday, as 20 Nome Cannonball snowmachine racers took off to run laps around Nome, with the harbor being the start and finish point. The 2025 Cannonball race marked the last snowmachine race...
The REAL ID deadline is coming up shortly, on May 7. People will need a REAL ID-compliant identification card to board a domestic flight or enter a military base or other federal facilities. A driver’s license with a star in the corner will meet...
JOINT SESSION–Senate President Gary Stevens (R–Kodiak) and Speaker of the House Bryce Edgmon preside over the joint Legislative session on April 22 where the Legislature failed to override the Governor’s veto of the bill that would increase school funding.
Today, the Alaska Legislature failed to override Governor Mike Dunleavy’s veto of a $1,000 increase to the per-student base school funding formula, known as the BSA, or Base Student Allocation.  The failure of the override is largely due to the...
FUNDING TALK–Governor Mike Dunleavy during an April 17 press conference in the Capitol discussed his veto of Senate Bill 69, a bill passed by the Legislature that would have increased the per student funding formula by $1,000.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bill today that would have increased the per-student base funding formula by $1,000, about 17 percent, instead submitting a bill which proposes a $560 increase along with significant policy provisions. In a press...
 ON THE FLOOR–Senator Donny Olson during a Senate Floor session on April 10.
  The City of Nome could lose $10 million in state funding, which was part of a $175 million appropriation by the Alaska Legislature in May 2022 for the Port of Nome expansion. This has come as a shock to the City and legislators alike.  “It’s...

Obituaries

Vaughn Keith Munn, 82, of Nome, Alaska, passed away peacefully at Providence Extended Care in Anchorage, Alaska on April 13, 2025, just two days shy of his 83rd birthday.  He was cremated on...

Education

Nome students staged a walk out to demonstrate for increased education funding.

Nome-Beltz students walked out of class at 1 p.m. today to advocate for more state funding for schools.

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