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By Diana Haecker
A week of several freeze and thaw cycles left Nome and the region with puddles on ice and scenes that look more like breakup in spring rather than the customary snowy landscape of...
By Megan Gannon
Hundreds of Nomeites and visitors from the surrounding villages packed into the Nome Recreation Center for the first Firemen’s Carnival since 2019.
Kids stood in line for face-...
By Megan Gannon
In November 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden signed a historic bill allocating $1.2 trillion for infrastructure projects nationwide. Slowly over the last year, new details about how...
By Peter Loewi
Following the November 23 tabulation of the ranked-choice votes, Lisa Murkowski and Mary Peltola both won reelection to Congress, both with around 54 percent of the final vote....
By Megan Gannon
The State of Alaska and the North Slope Borough have filed a complaint to remove ringed seals’ federal protections under the Endangered Species Act, arguing that the decision to list...
By Megan Gannon and Diana Haecker
In the early morning hours of Tuesday, Nov. 28, a Stebbins building housing the ANICA store and the Tapraq Fuel Company office burned to the ground. According to...
The complicated road to recovery after Merbok
By Peter Loewi
As soon as the flood waters receded, residents across the region began clearing debris, rebuilding roads and addressing their needs going...
By Diana Haecker
The Nome Common Council took care of two action items on the agenda in a swift, regular meeting on Monday, passing in first reading an ordinance to dispose of city property along...
By Peter Loewi
Results of last week’s midterm elections held many surprises nationwide as a forecasted red wave didn’t quite materialize.
It appears that Democrats held on to their razor-thin...
By Peter Loewi
The sun crested the post office as Nomeites, family, and friends began their parade down Front Street to celebrate Veterans Day. Temperatures were low but spirits were high as blues...