News
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-...
By Megan Gannon
Though much of the Seward Peninsula remains untouched by development, one group of architects has been engineering steady changes: Beavers. They are expanding further into the Arctic...
By Diana Haecker
Port Director Joy Baker confirmed her intent to resign, saying last year that she was going to tell leadership at city hall the effective date of her resignation by the end of...
By Diana Haecker
The Nome Common Council discussed federal and state priorities at last Monday’s regular meeting and passed two resolutions to prioritize capital projects. On top of the state list...
By Diana Haecker
The victims of last week’s polar bear attack in Wales were identified as 24-year-old St. Michael resident Summer Myomick and her one-year-old son Clyde Ongtowasruk.
Alaska State...
