A friend of mine jokingly calls all of our gulls “slaty-backed gulls.” Descriptively, he’s got a point since most of the region’s mature gulls do indeed have gray backs.
In the Nov. 3 general election, Alaska voters will decide consequential races for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, governor and the state Legislature, in addition to determining the fate of two ballot measures.
Under Alaska’s ranked choice voting system, in...
The federal agency charged with permitting major developments that affect the waters of the United States is taking public comment on the proposed graphite mine development, about 70 miles north of Nome and a shorter distance east from the villages...
In a special meeting on Friday, the Nome Common Council reversed its prior approval of an appeal concerning a chauffeur’s license for Harold Michael Ahmasuk.
Council member Scot Henderson requested the meeting to be convened in response to an...
Community members and visiting teams packed the Nanook’s den last Friday, October 16 for day two of the Arctic Pinkies volleyball tournament – and for senior night celebrations for Jocelyn Nichols-Takak and Sage Gregg.
Many tears were shed as the...
By Ariana Crockett O’Harra
“It’s always been what I’ve wanted to do since high school,” said Son Erikson, a newly hired officer at the Nome Police Department. “I’ve always just felt like I wanted to help people, wanted to do good.”
Erikson...
The Nome Common Council welcomed new council member Randy Oles in its regular meeting, held on Tuesday, Oct. 13.
Deputy City Clerk Wali Rana swore in Oles as well as two planning commission members, Jennifer Dean-Johnson, newly appointed to seat G...
The Alaska District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is holding a public meeting on Thursday, Oct. 15 in Nome to explain the Environmental Impact Statement process associated with the proposed Graphite One LLC graphite mine on the northern slopes...
“Always be proud of who you are,” Phyllis Walluk told students gathered in the Nome-Beltz gymnasium during the school’s Indigenous People’s Day celebrations on Monday.
Walluk, the cultural studies teacher, had just read out a list of students’...
Over 120 years ago, two Alaska Native children from the Bering Strait region were taken to the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, a notorious boarding school. Both died of tuberculosis and were buried there. Now, over a century later, they have come...
In Rachel Ventress’ writing class on September 23 at Anvil City Science Academy, middle schoolers pulled papers out of binders and pencils out of cases, along with their thick assignment packets.
“Today, your task is that you complete page 21, the...
Five Nanooks competed at the state DII cross country running championships in Anchorage last Saturday, October 2. Senior Granite Peacock was the best finishing Nanook, coming in 13th place with a time of 17:42. Gabe Tran placed 29th , with a...
The municipal election results for Tuesday, Oct. 6, were a foregone conclusion as none of the seats saw competing candidates, including the separate election for the Nome representative seat on the Norton Sound Economic Development Board. Of Nome's...
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