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Nomeites are used to odd sights. But huge cardboard signs saying, “Bird Flu Testing” and “Free Shells” propped up against a rental car at East End Park did warrant a double take. Turns out,...
Three miles east of Nome you find a special place called Fort Davis (aka “Fort”). It was there that my family’s Native allotment was located which we grew to love as children.
Like many Nome...
On a warm and sunny Sunday afternoon, Graphite One representatives invited the Nome public to an Open House at Old St. Joe’s to learn more about the proposed graphite mine in the northern Kigulaik...
Port of Nome officials invited to an open house last Thursday at Old St. Joe’s, with the goal to present several projects around the small boat harbor and Nome’s port to the public.
Looming large...
For a short while, the sky was crying as Nome veterans gathered at 11 a.m. on Front Street for the annual Memorial Day parade to the Nome Belmont Cemetery. By the time the parade reached Seppala...
Tribal representatives and stakeholders from the region, along with outside commercial entities met with the U.S. Coast Guard representatives in Nome last week to discuss the possibility of standing...
Delegates from the Bering Strait region and representatives from government, scientific and commercial groups met last week for the Bering Strait Regional Energy Summit, hosted by Kawerak, at the...
The lack of legally running taxis in Nome since January of this year has imposed hardship on Nomeites and visitors alike who don’t own their own vehicles to get around.
But the void is about to be...
The Nome Common Council went on a tour of Nome’s public infrastructure and saw first-hand that work is needed to bring city buildings and equipment up to speed.
The Beam Road landfill’s current...
The Nome Common Council is on track to pass a budget for fiscal year 2027, but all present council members agreed on Monday that the final product still needs a bit of work before its final passage...