Long ago, before sea level rise and then politics intervened, man and other animals moved freely through the Bering Strait region between Asia and North America.
Progress on the Steadman Road improvements has proceeded on schedule and the road is expected to be open to traffic again by August 15. The project is scheduled to be totally completed by September 1.
Steadman Road is a state-owned road and the...
Kids cleaning up trash on Middle Beach on July 31 ended up finding a whole host of strange pieces of trash. Old ropes, tires, a pig's foot and a discarded strobe beacon were some of the debris collected by Nome Eskimo Community's Outdoors Club,...
The Supreme Court last week handed down a 24-page opinion of statewide interest, which confirmed that a Norton Sound Health Corporation property used to house employees and others is exempt from City of Nome property taxation. The property in...
Candidate for governor Meda DeWitt and running mate Chris Steere visited Nome August 2 and 3.
DeWitt, originally from Wrangell and Yakutat, is running as an independent candidate in a crowded field of 17 vying for the governor’s office. Steere is...
Big military aircraft, Apache helicopters and camouflage-colored military vehicles are sights Nome is not used to.
But for the first week in August, a joint Canadian and U.S. exercise dubbed “Tundra Merlin” is taking place in and around Nome, so be...
Last week, the National Transportation Safety Board released the final report on their investigation of the February 6, 2025, Bering Air plane crash that killed the pilot and nine passengers aboard.
The NTSB said in a press release that inadequate...
Last Thursday, a crowd of parents and community members filtered into the Nome Elementary School gym, piling onto the bleachers and whispering in anticipation as they stared at an impromptu performance space set up on the gym floor. The overhead...
With the primary election coming up on August 18, candidates for various offices have parachuted into Nome for a quick campaign stop, often on very short notice.
Last week, two gubernatorial candidates in a crowded field of 17 vying for the job as...
Observant Nomeites may have noticed beautification efforts in public spaces around Nome.
Flowers in dredge buckets, hanging flower baskets along Front Street and brand-new sitting benches are all part of the new local nonprofit “Nome in Bloom’s”...
The Nome Common Council had a full plate in front of them at the regular meeting on Monday, albeit with only one action items on the agenda: the council’s approval of the Nome Economic Development Plan, prepared by Stephanie Queen Consulting of...
Ten community members of all ages took to the pool, roads, and trails on Saturday, July 25, for the annual Stroke-n-Croak Triathlon, a fundraiser benefiting the Nome Northstar Swim Team and the Nome-Beltz High School Nanook Swim Team.
Under blue...
The hot topic at the Thursday, July 20 meeting of the Nome Port Commission was storage space.
Many vessels stored on dry ground at the port have been there for years, some since the early 2010’s.
Port Director Joy Baker brought the issue to the...
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