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In the Nov. 3 general election, Alaska voters will decide consequential races for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, governor and the state Legislature, in addition to determining the fate of two ballot...
The federal agency charged with permitting major developments that affect the waters of the United States is taking public comment on the proposed graphite mine development, about 70 miles north of...
In a special meeting on Friday, the Nome Common Council reversed its prior approval of an appeal concerning a chauffeur’s license for Harold Michael Ahmasuk.
Council member Scot Henderson requested...
By Ariana Crockett O’Harra
“It’s always been what I’ve wanted to do since high school,” said Son Erikson, a newly hired officer at the Nome Police Department. “I’ve always just felt like I wanted...
The Nome Common Council welcomed new council member Randy Oles in its regular meeting, held on Tuesday, Oct. 13.
Deputy City Clerk Wali Rana swore in Oles as well as two planning commission members...
The Alaska District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is holding a public meeting on Thursday, Oct. 15 in Nome to explain the Environmental Impact Statement process associated with the proposed...
“Always be proud of who you are,” Phyllis Walluk told students gathered in the Nome-Beltz gymnasium during the school’s Indigenous People’s Day celebrations on Monday.
Walluk, the cultural studies...
Over 120 years ago, two Alaska Native children from the Bering Strait region were taken to the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, a notorious boarding school. Both died of tuberculosis and were...
The municipal election results for Tuesday, Oct. 6, were a foregone conclusion as none of the seats saw competing candidates, including the separate election for the Nome representative seat on the...
The patience of Nomeites was tried lately as mail, groceries and long-awaited Amazon boxes were slow in arriving in Nome, and by extension in the regional communities.
Starting Wednesday, Alaska...