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In a press conference on Monday afternoon at the Council Chambers at City Hall, Nome City Manager Glenn Steckman and Mayor Richard Beneville announced a series of emergency orders to combat the COVID...
The Govenor has declared an order for self quarantine:
Health Mandate 10.1 – International and Interstate Travel – Order for Self-Quarantine
Effective 12:01 a.m. March 25, 2020:
All people arriving...
The emergency resolution enacted by the Nome Common Council last week gives City Manager Glenn Steckman several ways to react quickly to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is limited to be in...
On Friday morning, three Iditarod mushers, Matt Failor, Sean Underwood and Tom Knolmayer were rescued via Blackhawk helicopter about 25 miles shy of reaching the finish line in Nome. They scratched...
The American and Alaska flags lining Front Street in Nome were flapping busily in the 18 mph west wind when Norwegian musher Thomas Wærner became the 2020 champion of Iditarod 48.
Waerner finished...
In an emergency meeting called to order on Tuesday evening at Old St. Joe’s, the Nome Common Council approved an emergency ordinance that gives the City Manager the authority to take necessary steps...
NOME, Saturday, March 14, 2020— Precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to Nome and the region the following measures were announced:
• Iditarod: In addition to postponed Finisher’s banquet...
By Julie St. Louis
WILLOW– Under heavy snow showers, 57 dog mushers hit the trail Sunday afternoon for the 48th annual running of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race – dubbed as the “last great race on...
The Nome Common Council met Monday evening for a work session and regular meeting and approved six weighty ordinances.
The Council, in second reading, adopted the Remote Sellers Sales Tax Code and...
After a nearly three-hour special emergency meeting of the Nome Common Council On Thursday, due to the COVID-19 threat and the prospect of a large influx of people to Nome for the Iditarod and the...