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Teachers picket in front of the Nome Elementary School on October 31, demanding fair contracts.
Nome Public School teachers have been working without a collective bargaining agreement, or CBA, for over two months. On Halloween morning, dozens gathered outside Nome Elementary school with picket...
SWORN IN— Nome Mayor John Handeland, left, administered the oath of office to new Nome Common Council member Kohren Green.
The Nome Common Council passed into second reading an amendment to the Nome zoning code that would allow man camps, or crew camps, in certain zoning areas of Nome. The Planning Commission and city...
LEARNING— Harbormaster Lucas Stotts, center, and other CAPRI attendees watch a presentation.
Last week, researchers and community members gathered at the UAF Northwest Campus for a three-day conference on climate, technology and narrative. The conference was the first step in the new...
The proposed expansion of the Port of Nome is not going forward as expected as the news hit last week that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has canceled its solicitation process for the first phase...
As the sun filled the Dena’ina Convention Center’s windows the morning of Thursday October 17, Benno H. Cleveland led a procession of veterans to the main stage. To the tune of the National Anthem,...
Storm waves hit Middle Beach and the eastern breakwater at Nome, on Oct. 21.
A huge storm system pummeled western Alaska from Sunday through Tuesday with high winds and areas of significant flooding. While a couple of weeks ago strong north winds caused recordbreaking low...
REZ DOG— D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai speaks on stage with Eskimo Ninja Nick Hanson.
By Laura Robertson Monday’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day celebration filled the Nome Rec Center with food, music, celebrities and community. The Native Village of Solomon hosted the event for the third...
EXPOSED— Low water levels caused by strong winds reveal sandbars where Safety Sound empties into Norton Sound.
The Norton Sound region was windswept this past weekend, with a windstorm kicking up road dust and pushing waves back from the coast. On Saturday water levels logged at their lowest since recording...
The proposed expansion of the port of Nome is not going forward as expected.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has canceled its solicitation of contract bids for Phase One of the project on Wednesday...
On October 2, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, or DNR, authorized a permit to Canadian mining company Panther Minerals for hardrock exploration on state and federal mining claims 30 miles...

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