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Bering Straits Native Corporation faces criticism from shareholders regarding the corporation’s involvement in federal contracts to aid in the detention and removal of asylum seekers, illegal...
January
No snow!
January started out with ice glazed roads, brown tundra and no snow to be seen. Winter trails were non-existent and thoughts of skiing, dog mushing and traveling by snow mobile...
Empty shelves at Nome’s grocery stores last week bore witness to a severe backlog of freight that didn’t make it to Nome for the holidays.
Starting last week, Alaska Air Cargo has stopped accepting...
In a speech last week, President Donald Trump said that the U.S. economy is doing well. “Tonight, after 11 months, our border is secure inflation has stopped, wages are up, prices are down, our...
Twenty years ago, the first Arctic Report Card was released by scientists who observed a rapidly changing Arctic and who keenly felt the need to provide updates of those changes to the public, said...
More than a century ago, the United States embarked on an ambitious project to educate Alaska Natives in some of the most remote places. That goal has been met with challenges ever since.
But today...
Nomeites and visitors from around the region packed the Rec Center last Saturday night for the annual Fireman’s Carnival. People jostled for space at the bingo tables, waited in line for face paint,...
The Nome Kennel Club met for their annual meeting last Thursday. The club is the world’s oldest kennel club, established in 1907. The club discussed successes from last year, held elections for board...
Researchers with the University of Michigan are working on a three-year project to enhance short-term sea ice forecasting.
The university’s Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research, CIGLR for...
Vendors at the annual Holiday Bazaar said that business had been good this year, even as the price of their raw materials has incrementally been creeping up.
Organized annually by the Nome...