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By Julia Lerner
Warming sea waters are contributing to a massive growth of harmful and toxic algal blooms in the waters of the Bering Sea, putting both marine animals and human lives at risk,...
By Diana Haecker
During Monday’s regular meeting, the Nome Common Council swiftly moved through a light agenda without any action items. The main action consisted of swearing in new council member...
By Julia Lerner
Members of Alaska’s redistricting board visited Nome on Monday to hear public testimony regarding their six proposed district maps.
“The redistricting board is travelling around the...
By Julia Lerner
More than a year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic, Nome has seen the first COVID-related death last week.
On Wednesday morning, a Nome resident died of COVID-19. The individual...
FAIRBANKS (UAF)—A science cruise led by a University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher to investigate the origin of the Arctic Ocean’s Amerasia Basin has come to an end, with the research vessel...
By Julia Lerner
As hospitals across the state continue to ration care and turn away patients, COVID-19 cases are on the rise in Nome, Norton Sound and the Bering Strait region.
The Norton Sound...
By Diana Haecker
Only 11 minutes after the polls closed on Tuesday, Oct. 5 at 8 p.m., City Clerk Bryant Hammond had preliminary results ready in a largely uncontested municipal election. On Thursday...
By Julia Lerner
Nineteen-year-old Zara Rutherford landed her two-seat plane at Nome’s City Field on Friday afternoon as part of her attempt to break a Guinness World Record.
Her goal: to be the...
By Diana Haecker
In their regular meeting on Monday, the Nome Common Council unanimously voted to extend an emergency ordinance until January 2022. This marked the second reading of the ordinance,...
By Julia Lerner
The state of Alaska sees record-breaking numbers of new COVID-19 cases every day, and the Nome, Norton Sound and Bering Strait region is not immune against the trend.
Cases continue...