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Last Saturday, Nome kids were all aflutter around town with yellow trash bags, like bees out for spring pollen collection. They were participating in the annual City of Nome Spring Cleanup, which...
Nome’s Local Emergency Planning Committee, or LEPC, gathered on May 23 for a regular meeting where they heard presentations on nation-state threat and the status of avian influenza in the region....
The Nome Common Council joined several tribal entities, Native corporations and NSEDC in their opposition to the proposed gold dredging endeavors of IPOP LLC.
In a letter to the Nome Common Council...
With temperatures hanging in the low 30s, Nomeites lined up in front of the Post Office on Front Street to begin the Memorial Day Parade at 11 a.m. on May 27.
The police car’s lights twirled, ready...
Two surveys this summer will crisscross the region’s seas by air and ship to check on the populations of various whale species.
Beginning in June, the latest aerial survey of beluga whales will take...
A draft of the Port of Nome’s Strategic Development Plan Update–Phase A was discussed by the Port Commission in a work session last month. With a goal to prepare Nome for the future, the plan aims to...
The tribal governments of Unalakleet and Elim have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service and its administrator for not complying with its own rules when...
The City of Nome is still on the hunt for a qualified candidate to take on the role of port director.
Joy Baker retired from her longtime position as port director a year ago. She has, however,...
More than 100 children and adults marched from Nome’s City Hall to the Rec Center chanting “No more stolen sisters!” on Sunday, May 5, nationally recognized as an awareness day for Missing and...
HomePlate Apartments, a project to house those experiencing chronic homelessness in Nome, welcomed its last tenant on April 14, a milestone marking the full occupancy of all 15 units.
The project is...