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Senator Lisa Murkowski chaired a field hearing of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee in Savoonga last Saturday to hear about inadequate housing, overcrowding and homelessness and the complications...
The Nome Common Council approved extensions of top administrative contracts at its regular meeting Monday evening.
However, these unanimous resolutions spell changes coming soon to Nome’s City...
If rain is good for a garden then a rainy day is perfect for a garden tour. The Nome Garden Tour marched out into the drizzle to view what’s growing in the gardens of green-thumbed Nomeites. Around...
Fifty-nine sled dogs housed at a communal dog yard in Nome were turned loose by unknown persons in the early morning hours of Saturday, August 25.
Huskies from three different kennels were...
Selection of a replacement for Nome’s retiring Police Chief John Papasodora is coming to a wrap-up, according to Tom Moran, city manager and top hiring officer.
Nome Code of Ordinances hands Moran...
A town hall meeting held Saturday at Old St. Joe’s to discuss ways to improve public safety in Nome raised far more questions than it answered. The meeting was announced on official city letterhead...
NOAA Fisheries scientists conducting their annual trawl survey of the southern Bering Sea ecosystem survey found unprecedented conditions of warm ocean temperatures and significant changes in the cod...
United States Senator Dan Sullivan accompanied by top brass of both the Coast Guard and the U.S. Navy visited Nome’s port Monday as part of their quest for a deep water port to serve the increasing...
Twenty-five years ago Monday a daring air-sea rescue saved seven souls from a watery grave off Sledge Island. Their Piper Navajo had run out of gas on a return trip from Lavrentiya, Russia and when...
The Nome Common Council started their session Monday evening with a work session on how to achieve a tax—sales or excise tax—on marijuana, tobacco or booze.
They want to tax marijuana to make money...