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REZ DOG— D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai speaks on stage with Eskimo Ninja Nick Hanson.
By Laura Robertson Monday’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day celebration filled the Nome Rec Center with food, music, celebrities and community. The Native Village of Solomon hosted the event for the third...
EXPOSED— Low water levels caused by strong winds reveal sandbars where Safety Sound empties into Norton Sound.
The Norton Sound region was windswept this past weekend, with a windstorm kicking up road dust and pushing waves back from the coast. On Saturday water levels logged at their lowest since recording...
The proposed expansion of the port of Nome is not going forward as expected.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has canceled its solicitation of contract bids for Phase One of the project on Wednesday...
On October 2, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, or DNR, authorized a permit to Canadian mining company Panther Minerals for hardrock exploration on state and federal mining claims 30 miles...
VISITING— U.S. Coast Guard Vice Admiral Peter Gautier visited Nome October 2 during a trip around the state of Alaska. He sat down with The Nome Nugget to discuss current USCG operations.
During his short tour around Alaska, U.S. Coast Guard Vice Admiral Peter Gautier made a stop in Nome last Wednesday to meet with local leaders with the goal to better understand the enormity of the...
SENTENCING— Martin Saccheus and his defense attorney Elvina Rose Meyer during the sentencing hearing on Oct. 2, 2024. The sentencing was streamed on Zoom.
A Palmer judge last week asked for more time to consider a sentence for convicted murderer Martin Luther Saccheus, 40, after hearing from the prosecution, the defense, and from the family of Bobbi...
VACATED— A federal judge vacated the critical habitat boundaries for bearded and ringed seals.
Last week, a federal judge in Anchorage vacated a protected bearded and ringed seal habitat along the entire coastline from the Canadian border in the north along the entire western Alaska coastline...
The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation is set to approve an Alaska Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit to IPOP LLC, according to an email sent out on September 30 by the DEC. ...
TANK FARM–The Bonanza fuel tank farm from on top of one of the nine tanks.
Bonanza fuel tanks will stay on solid ground for years to come with the help of a $4.5 million U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration grant that will support the installation...
In a meeting on Thursday evening, the Nome Common Council canvassed the municipal election results. The official results are as follows: Council Seat C: Scot Henderson, 304 votes, 21 write-ins...

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