Photo by Anna Lionas
Story and photos by Anna Lionas This week, the United States Coast Guard organized an oil spill response drill in the Nome Harbor, bringing 20 entities together in person and virtually to act out an exercise in detail over three days. The Mini...
By Diana Haecker The Nome Common Council passed a trimmed-down version of the fiscal year 2026 general operational budget, totaling a tad over $17 million. In work session after work session, the council and city staff whittled the budget down...
KEEP WORKING–Teacher Ian McRae lets speedy the snake slither around the room during work time but only if students promise not to get distracted.
Photo by Ian McRae     SPEEDY OUTSIDE–Speedy the snake hangs out at the Nome Elementary School playground.    By Anna Lionas     It’s finally summertime which means Speedy the snake will have Nome Elementary School to himself for a few months....
By Anna Lionas After more than 24 hours of searching, the Nome Volunteer Fire Department Search and Rescue team found Dexter Irrigoo, 67, on Monday afternoon at the base of Gold Hill and transported him to Norton Sound Regional Hospital. Irrigoo,...
GRADUATED— Alohna Johnson was one of 40 students who celebrated graduation from Nome-Beltz last week on Wednesday, May 28.
By Laura Robertson On Wednesday, May 28, Nome’s streets filled up with trucks and cars decorated in Nanook blue and white, celebrating the Nome-Beltz graduating Class of 2025 with a customary graduation parade. Seniors sat in the backs of trucks...
By Laura Robertson The federal budget bill before Congress, known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” passed the House of Representatives on May 22, including cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, that about 3,530 people in the...
The Nome Common Council reduced the contribution to Nome Public Schools from $3.4 million to $2.7 million.
By Diana Haecker In work session after work session, the Nome Common Council is fine combing the city’s fiscal year 2026 budget, trying to balance the budget while keeping services to citizens intact and not laying off any employees. On Tuesday...
SENIOR VP– Mike Schaffner, Senior Vice President of Operations at Graphite One, presents at the community meeting held at Old St. Joe’s Hall.
By Diana Haecker In a series of meetings in Teller, Brevig Mission and Nome last week, Graphite One Alaska updated the public on their plans to develop a graphite mine on the northern slopes of the Kigluaik Mountains and to hear people’s concerns...
SENATOR–Senator Donny Olson in his office in Juneau on April 23.
By Anna Lionas State Sen. Donny Olson (D-Golovin) is still recovering from a health issue earlier this year that took him out of the legislative session for six weeks. Olson returned to the state Capitol to represent Senate District T on March 11....
CITY LAWYER— Charles Cacciola, a lawyer representing the City of Nome, listens to Common Council questions during the May 15 Norton Sound Health Corporation property tax appeal hearing.
By Anna Lionas Sitting as the Board of Equalization, Nome Common Council members sat down for a hearing last week between Norton Sound Health Corporation lawyers and an attorney for the City to review NSHC’s appeal of the city’s denial of property...
Story and photos by Anna Lionas To laugh or not to laugh –- if that was the question, then the answer was a no brainer for audience members attending the Nome-Beltz student production of I Hate Shakespeare! which ran May 14-16. The elementary school...
By Anna Lionas Local gold miner Shawn Pomerenke has an application out for a permit to mine for gold at a long-standing claim within city limits. Last week it was discovered some of the land he proposes to mine is not zoned for resource...

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