News
By Megan Gannon
The board of directors of the Norton Sound Health Corporation convened last week in Nome for its first annual meeting in person since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The public comment...
By Megan Gannon
Graphite One has applied for a permit to create a “temporary winter access trail” across 20 miles of remote terrain outside of Nome to get ready for its upcoming season of...
By Diana Haecker
The Port of Nome is expecting a busy summer with at an anticipated 13 cruise ship landings, four visits by the research vessel Sikuliaq and two dockings of the Japanese Naval...
By Megan Gannon
Earlier this month, hundreds gathered in Utqiaġvik’s high school gym for a four-day Kivgiq or “messenger feast” celebration—the first since 2019. The traditional Iñupiaq festival...
By Megan Gannon
As of last Monday, the Alaska Public Defender Agency is no longer accepting new serious felony cases in Nome and Bethel. Those regional offices currently face a shortage of...
By Megan Gannon
With recent warm weather and snowy conditions in Alaska’s Interior and Southcentral, the 2023 Iron Dog promises to be a tough race. Twenty-five pairs of racers in the pro class will...
By Megan Gannon
IPOP is continuing its legal battle with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Nevada-based group and two of its elderly investors have sued the federal agency over its decision to...
By Diana Haecker
Three old school buildings in Savoonga were destroyed by a fire on Thursday, Feb. 2. According to Savoonga Village Police Officer and Police Chief Michael Wongittillin, he received...
By Diana Haecker
A Nome man was last week charged with 22 counts of sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree and two counts of sexual abuse in the second degree.
Robert O’Connor, 72, was...
By Megan Gannon
Emma Pate did not grow up hearing about harmful algae in the Bering Strait region. But now she spends about 75 to 100 percent of her time at work thinking about these tiny, toxin-...