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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is holding public meetings in Nome, Teller and Brevig Mission next week to give an overview of the proposed Graphite One graphite mine on the northern slopes of the...
A red fox hit by a car in Nome last month tested positive for a variant of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, or HPAI.
Sara Henslee, Area Biologist at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, said...
The Nome Planning Commission approved a conditional use permit for a proposed 186-person crew camp in town to house construction crews working on the Port of Nome expansion project, slated to begin...
Members of the Nome City Council, Port Commission and city administration met with Adam Telle, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works last Wednesday in a closed-door meeting at Old St. Joe’s...
On Saturday, March 28, just over a dozen Nomeites gathered at Anvil City Square to take part in a “No Kings” protest. Nationwide, thousands of planned protests garnered millions of attendees.
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The Alaska Department of Natural Resources denied an appeal by IPOP LLC, as the Nevada outfit tried to overturn a decision by the DNR Division of Mining, Land and Water that had denied IPOP’s permit...
The city’s deadline to apply for taxi cab licenses by March 2 came and went, with the result that currently no legal taxi cabs are roaming Nome’s roads for the lack of any entity or person to submit...
As the frontrunners of Iditarod 54 approached the coast and the first coast checkpoint of Unalakleet, it was cold, calm, and clear. Inside the checkpoint building, on a bluff above the river, it was...
Jessie Holmes of Brushkana, Alaska, notched his second consecutive Iditarod win on Tuesday, March 17 when he reached the burled arch at 9:32 p.m. with 12 dogs in harness, after nine days, seven hours...
How do the dogs find the trail?
Looking at the Iditarod coverage and listening to the stories of mushers going through ground storms and big snow drifts one might wonder: How do these dogs find the...