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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...

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