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Nome’s Kaylene Iñuuraq Evans has been crowned Miss WEIO 2018 at the World Eskimo Indian Olympics in Fairbanks last weekend. She is the daughter of Bobby Evans and Kathleen Jaycox and is the first...
The City of Nome has identified a Snake River Moorage and vessel haul-out facility as a priority project in the Port of Nome’s plans for development at a projected cost of $14 million.
The Nome...
After over two years without answers, the family of missing Nomeite Joseph Balderas increased the reward for information surrounding the 36-year-old’s disappearance from $10,000 to $20,000.
Balderas...
Wild, over-the-top partying at Pilgrim Hot Springs has led the managers of the property to close the gates and ban visitors — for now.
According to Matt Ganley, vice-president for media and external...
Norton Sound Health Corporation is making progress to build the planned Liitfik Wellness Center.
The Wellness Center — pilings have been pounded in already— will be build across the street from the...
By the end of July Nome’s locavores should be seeing top quality organically grown vegetables for sale on Front Street. Pilgrim Hot Springs is a great place to grow things and the gardens this year...
Scientists are taking a close look at the effects of chemical dispersants on seabirds. These are chemicals used in marine oil spill response to provide an environmental benefit to limit sea surface...
The Nome Common Council has kicked off a campaign to reclaim public right-of-ways, portions of charted roads that lie beneath propane tanks, derelict vehicles, defunct structures, and other detritus...
The City of Nome is in the process to formalize procedures for burials at Nome’s cemetery.
Historically, there was little administration or record keeping and what records exist are often...
Early risers on the Fourth of July found Nome enveloped in a fog of surprising density. By the 8 o’clock start of the Anvil Mountain Run up the mountain and back the fog was still thick enough to be...