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.

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...

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....

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...

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 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...

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...

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,...

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,...

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, ‘...

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...
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...
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