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By Diana Haecker
In work session after work session, the Nome Common Council is fine combing the city’s fiscal year 2026 budget, trying to balance the budget while keeping services to citizens...
By Diana Haecker
In a series of meetings in Teller, Brevig Mission and Nome last week, Graphite One Alaska updated the public on their plans to develop a graphite mine on the northern slopes of the...
By Anna Lionas
State Sen. Donny Olson (D-Golovin) is still recovering from a health issue earlier this year that took him out of the legislative session for six weeks. Olson returned to the state...
By Anna Lionas
Sitting as the Board of Equalization, Nome Common Council members sat down for a hearing last week between Norton Sound Health Corporation lawyers and an attorney for the City to...
By Anna Lionas
Local gold miner Shawn Pomerenke has an application out for a permit to mine for gold at a long-standing claim within city limits.
Last week it was discovered some of the land he...
By Anna Lionas
The Alaska Legislature is working to finalize a tight state operating budget for 2026 with just over a week to go until the regular session is scheduled to end on May 21.
The latest...
By Diana Haecker
After eight months of temporary city managers at the helm of city hall, the City of Nome hired last month William “Lee” Smith III, 61, on a five-year contract to head the city’s...
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...
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...
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...