Snow, wind and rain disrupt life as usual in Nome
By Diana Haecker Puddles on ice, slippery sidewalks and heavy wet snow berms are remnants of a three-day weather event that pummeled Nome and the region.
TEAM 23— Jordan and Jarvis Miller of Nome finished the Iron Dog in fourth place, arriving in Big Lake on Saturday after 59 hours, 59 minutes and 29 seconds on the trail.
Aklestad/Olstad win Iron Dog, Miller brothers place fourth
By Megan Gannon After a 2,500-mile race marked by tough conditions and brutal weather, the pro snowmachine racers competing in this year’s Iron Dog made it to the finish line in Big Lake under a blue sky on Saturday, Feb. 25.
Photos by Nils Hahn FIRST INTO NOME— Team 7, Tyler Aklestad and Nick Olstad pull into Nome on Monday afternoon as the first team in the Iron Dog pro class to reach the halfway point.
Aklestad/Olstad lead Iron Dog racers to Nome
By Megan Gannon It was just around 3 p.m. on Monday when the first headlights appeared on Front Street in Nome.
Nils Hahn won the second NKC race of the season, held last Saturday.
Nome Kennel Club hosts second race of season
Four mushers and their dog teams competed against each other in the Nome Kennel Club’s second race of the season on Saturday, Feb. 4. Handlers, race officials and spectators gathered at Nome’s snow dump off Greg Kruschek Ave.
Jason Mackey extinguishes the widow's lantern as the last musher off the trail on the 2023 Iditarod.
FOOD BANK — Shoni Evans takes stock of the community donations in the Nome food bank, on Monday, February 27.
TEAM 23— Jordan and Jarvis Miller of Nome finished the Iron Dog in fourth place, arriving in Big Lake on Saturday after 59 hours, 59 minutes and 29 seconds on the trail.
Photos by Nils Hahn FIRST INTO NOME— Team 7, Tyler Aklestad and Nick Olstad pull into Nome on Monday afternoon as the first team in the Iron Dog pro class to reach the halfway point.
Nils Hahn won the second NKC race of the season, held last Saturday.
Jason Mackey extinguishes the widow's lantern as the last musher off the trail on the 2023 Iditarod.

Mackey takes red lantern as Iditarod comes to an end

By Megan Gannon Just after 5 p.m. on Friday, March 17, with the still bright spring sun shining down on Nome, Jason Mackey ran toward the burled arch in Nome with ice frozen to his chin, five dogs in harness and a cheering crowd of onlookers lining...

Graves of 1918 flu victims identified at Pilgrim Hot Springs

By Megan Gannon Through archaeological and archival research, the locations of nearly 100 individual burials have been identified at Pilgrim Hot Springs. The unmarked graves are thought to contain victims of the Spanish flu pandemic that devastated...
Ryan Redington arrives in Nome

Ryan Redington wins Iditarod 51!

By Diana Haecker Ryan Redington, 40, fulfilled a dream —not only for him but his entire Redington family clan —by winning the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race on Tuesday, shortly after noon, when he pulled under the burled arch with his team of six...
INTO KOYUK— Musher Wade Marrs and his dog team arrived in Koyuk on Monday, March 13.

A tough run along the coast for Iditarod mushers

By Megan Gannon and Diana Haecker The small field of Iditarod mushers starting from Willow last Sunday shrunk more when Iditarod rookie Jennifer LaBar scratched in Rainy Pass due to a badly broken finger and rookie Gregg Vitello withdrew in...
WINNER— George Lambert passes Fort Davis outbound to Golovin. Lambert won the race in 2 hours, 21 minutes and 40 seconds.

Kotzebue’s George Lambert wins Nome-Golovin race

By Megan Gannon George Lambert won the Nome-Golovin snowmachine race on Sunday. Riding a Ski-Doo 850 and wearing bib number 5, Lambert was racing in the open class. He finished the 200-mile race along the Iditarod Trail from Nome to Golovin and...
Winner Ryan Redington, his lead dogs Ghost and Sven and his parents Barb and Raymie Redington.

Ryan Redington wins 2023 Iditarod!

Ryan Redington, 40, of Knik, AK won the 2023 Iditarod in a time of 8 days, 21 hours and 13 minutes.

Recent storms highlight weather station reporting woes

By Megan Gannon After four days without flights, Nomeites stranded at the Anchorage airport are starting to wonder if the Iditarod mushers will beat them back home. The delays have been a good reminder that our lives are ruled by the weather. And...
NOME BOUND— 2019 Iditarod Champion Pete Kaiser of Bethel highfives a fan during the Anchorage ceremonial start of the 51st running of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, on Saturday, March 4.

Thirty-three dog teams head to Nome in 51st Iditarod

By Megan Gannon The 51st Iditarod began last weekend with 33 mushers and their teams of 14 dogs bound for Nome on a 1,000-mile journey through the Alaskan wilderness. The clock officially started as the teams left Willow in two-minute intervals...

Snow, wind and rain disrupt life as usual in Nome

By Diana Haecker Puddles on ice, slippery sidewalks and heavy wet snow berms are remnants of a three-day weather event that pummeled Nome and the region. Over the weekend and for the most part on Monday and Tuesday, only the ravens were flying as...

Obituaries

John Harvey Wieler
John Harvey Wieler died peacefully at home with his wife and his son at his side on February 27, 2023. Harvey loved Alaska. With his mother’s permission he joined the U.S. Marine Corps at age...

Education

School board hears of Nome’s need for arts education

By Megan Gannon
Last week educators and the Nome Public Schools Board of Education discussed ways to bring more arts into the classrooms.

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