AST’s Statewide Drug Enforcement Unit, the Postal Inspection Service and the Nome Police Department were at the scene of the arrest of Joanne Stickel on Fourth Avenue in Nome yesterday.
A Nome woman was arrested at her residence in Nome yesterday, March 5, after she allegedly received and opened a parcel with 184 grams of cocaine.   
BUTTERCUP — A conservation group is arguing that the Alaskan glacier buttercup, or Ranunculus glacialis ssp. alaskensis deserves federal protection.
A conservation nonprofit has petitioned the federal government to protect a rare flower only found in the Kigluaik Mountains.
TESTIMONY — Melanie Bahnke speaks during a public meeting with BLM on protections for D-1 lands on Thursday, February 1 at the Mini Convention Center in Nome.
Indigenous residents of the Bering Strait region who attended a meeting with the U.S.
READY TO RACE — Nome snowmachine racer Mike Morgan, right, and his new Iron Dog teammate Bradley Kishbaugh are getting ready for the 2,500-mile trek that begins later this month.
Snowmachine racer Mike Morgan was in a garage in Nome last Thursday afternoon prepping for a training run up to Kotzebue and down to Unalakleet.
BERING AIR — Russell Rowe of Bering Air stands inside the airline’s original hangar in Nome.
By Megan Gannon Flyers coming in and out of the Nome Airport over the last few years may have noticed some big changes happening at Bering Air.
CLOSING IN — Nils Hahn, the first-place finisher, nears the end the of the race.
Three sled dog teams braved the cold temperatures this weekend to compete in the Nome Kennel Club’s first race of the season.
AST’s Statewide Drug Enforcement Unit, the Postal Inspection Service and the Nome Police Department were at the scene of the arrest of Joanne Stickel on Fourth Avenue in Nome yesterday.
BUTTERCUP — A conservation group is arguing that the Alaskan glacier buttercup, or Ranunculus glacialis ssp. alaskensis deserves federal protection.
TESTIMONY — Melanie Bahnke speaks during a public meeting with BLM on protections for D-1 lands on Thursday, February 1 at the Mini Convention Center in Nome.
READY TO RACE — Nome snowmachine racer Mike Morgan, right, and his new Iron Dog teammate Bradley Kishbaugh are getting ready for the 2,500-mile trek that begins later this month.
BERING AIR — Russell Rowe of Bering Air stands inside the airline’s original hangar in Nome.
CLOSING IN — Nils Hahn, the first-place finisher, nears the end the of the race.
WINNER — Nome-Golovin snowmachine race champion Wilson Hoogendorn celebrates his win with Cherish Engebretsen.
Going into the Nome-Golovin snowmachine race on Sunday, Wilson Hoogendorn said he was just hoping to finish because he hadn’t practiced the trail in a while. He not only completed the race for the first time but placed first overall. Hoogendorn...
Dallas Seavey and his lead dogs Arrow and Sebastian after winning this year's Iditarod.
Dallas Seavey is now in a league of his own, having notched the sixth Iditarod victory when he won the 2024 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race, arriving in Nome on Tuesday, March 12 at 5:16 p.m. after nine days, two hours, 16 minutes and eight seconds on...
A second person has been arrested and charged after law enforcement officials seized a shipment of cocaine in Nome. David Stickel, 31, faces a felony count of misconduct involving controlled substances in the third degree, a Class B felony,...
NOME GROWN— Iditarod musher Aaron Burmeister of Nome begins the ceremonial ride through Anchorage on March 2 with his Idita-Rider Tony Capone in the sled and son Hunter Burmeister riding the second sled. This is Burmeister’s 22nd run of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race.
Saturday March 2, a sun soaked, 10°F morning in Anchorage, 38 mushers and their teams took to the streets for the ceremonial start of the 52nd Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Vast crowds lined the streets on the bright but chilly day to watch and...
The Nugget Inn has new owners.
As of last week, the Nugget Inn officially has new owners. They have been working with the City of Nome to try to get 16 hotel rooms and the Gold Dust Saloon reopened ahead of next week’s the busy Iditarod festivities. As of Tuesday, the hotel was...
AST’s Statewide Drug Enforcement Unit, the Postal Inspection Service and the Nome Police Department were at the scene of the arrest of Joanne Stickel on Fourth Avenue in Nome yesterday.
A Nome woman was arrested at her residence in Nome yesterday, March 5, after she allegedly received and opened a parcel with 184 grams of cocaine.    According to court documents, Joanne Stickel, age 63, faces charges of misconduct involving...
DQ— Brent Sass won the Iditarod in 2022. He is shown here at the finish line, waving at Iditarod fans on Front Street in Nome.
Amidst a flurry of decisions dealing with two mushers accused of running afoul of a personal conduct rule, the Iditarod Trail Committee on Thursday night disqualified musher Brent Sass from this year’s race and on Friday reinstated musher Eddie...
As the Alaska House of Representatives struggled to pass an omnibus education bill, Nome Public School Board met for a regular meeting, hearing from frustrated teachers and community members as the board grapples with the specter of cutting...
STRAIT SCIENCE — Franz Mueter gave a Strait Science lecture to talk about the potential fisheries moving northward as the climate changes. The graph here shows how the density of fish in the Bering Sea general declines as one goes further north. But under warm conditions, such as the region saw in 2018-2019, fish density is relatively uniform across the Bering Sea.
Sea ice loss, warming waters and the northward expansion of fish species like pollock are all contributing to a pattern in the Bering Strait region known as “borealization.” That means the Arctic ecosystem is becoming more like the boreal region to...

Obituaries

Gabriel “Gaiguk” Joseph Myomick was born and raised in St. Michael, Alaska. He was born to William and Olga Myomick on September 8, 1940. Olga passed away when he was young and Billy...

Education

As the Alaska House of Representatives struggled to pass an omnibus education bill, Nome Public School Board met for a regular meeting, hearing from frustrated teachers and community members as the

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