By Diana Haecker
By Diana Haecker
A vote for an ordinance in second reading to change elections for the Nome Common Council, school board and the utility board failed 3-2. The ordinance was an attempt to engage more public interest in running for public office by...
By Diana Haecker
Lt. Governor Kevin Meyer and Bill Thomas, the Governor’s special assistant for Southeast Alaska, traveled to Nome last Friday to hear firsthand from Nome businesses and how the loss of cruise ship visits last year —and possibly...
By Julia Lerner
Since last Thursday, Norton Sound Health Corporation identified eight new positive COVID-19 cases in Nome, bringing the total number of active cases in the region to 11.
On Wednesday, May 5, three Nome residents tested positive for...
By James Mason
The Nome Common Council at its regular meeting Monday voted to postpone a vote on a permit to operate a placer mine within the Moonlight Wells Protection Area.
Normally referred to as Moonlight Springs, it is Nome’s only source of...
By Diana Haecker
On Monday, May 10, the Alaska District of the Corps of Engineers issued a new public notice regarding the IPOP LLC permit application to mine for gold at Bonanza Channel. The notice says the Corps got the email of IPOP’s agent Bill...
By James Mason
If you’re thinking of putting a new roof on the house, you may find the cost has gone through the roof. Prices of lumber and other building materials have increased dramatically across the nation and Nome has been hit along with the...
By Keith Conger
Nome’s student skiers took full advantage of the warm end of April temperatures as they concluded Nome Nordic’s 17th year of skiing. The program experienced an abundance of success even though all regional and rural state ski meets...
By Julia Lerner
Since last Thursday, Norton Sound Health Corporation has identified four new positive COVID-19 cases in Nome, bringing the total number of active cases in the region to six.
On Saturday, May 1, a Nome resident tested positive for...
By Diana Haecker
In Monday’s regular Nome Common Council meeting the Council passed in second reading an ordinance to adopt changes to the Alaska Remote Sellers Sales Tax Code. The City is part of the Alaska Intergovernmental Remote Sellers Sales...
