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An excavator towed on a semi truck struck a cross member on the Kuzitrin River Bridge on Sunday, Sept. 24 and the ensuing pile-up has blocked the bridge ever since.
As of Tuesday afternoon crossing...
For the second time since the original elections were scheduled for June 3, Sitnasuak Native Corporation has postponed its annual meeting and board elections. The new date has not been set yet.
The...
The parents of 13 minor children subjected to sexual abuse by a Bering Strait School District employee have filed a civil lawsuit against the district for damages of more than $100,000 for each child...
After nearly a year of rescheduling, a former tribal coordinator and a secretary for the Native Village of Savoonga were sentenced on federal charges for stealing more than $83,000 in federal funds...
One attempt to bring a charge against public drunks for what they do while “under the weather” is dead and gone, failed on a vote of 3 to 1 at Monday evening’s Nome Common Council meeting, one vote...
In an amended complaint, Sitnasuak Native Corporation included Marie Tozier, who is seeking election to the SNC board of directors, in its pending civil lawsuit, aiming to remove three sitting...
In Nome, municipal elections will be held on Oct. 3.
Up for election is the Mayor, a two-year term. Incumbent Mayor Richard Beneville filed and is running uncontested.
Nome Common Council seat A,...
Arctic Gold Mining LLC has plans to begin mining once permits are in place, as early as November, a 46-acre area at their Queen’s Bench property, south of the city’s Monofil and north of the...
Last week, the State of Alaska has imposed a sentence on Yvonne Adkison in the state Superior Court in Nome following her pleading guilty on distribution and possession of heroin.
The jail time...
A federal grand jury has indicted Herbert Avoilook Barr Sr., 50, of Elim on August 15 of one count of attempted sexual exploitation of a child and attempted coercion and enticement of a minor.
The...