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In a special meeting on Monday, the Nome Common Council passed a resolution that set the city’s state and federal legislative priorities. The number one priority is the Port of Nome expansion,...
A severe blizzard hit western Alaska just as Iron Dog racers reached the coast, making their progress slow and eventually halted the pro class at Kotzebue.
The raging blizzard stranded several...
School safety was the main focus at two events last week – a tour of Nome Public Schools attended by the Nome Common Council and school board members, and a town hall meeting hosted by the Nome...
School issues are front and center at the Nome Common Council these days, as the council has toured the school facilities last week and makes an effort to better understand the Nome Public Schools’...
On Tuesday, Feb. 10, the State of Alaska’s Regulatory Commission notified Nome Joint Utilities General Manager John Handeland in a letter that payments of the PCE disbursements to Nome are suspended...
For more than a year the Nome Common Council had wrestled with the task updating Nome’s taxicab licensing ordinance.
On Monday, the deed was done as the council unanimously voted to get rid of a cap...
Landline phones at several businesses, offices and residences across Nome were down or experienced intermittent outages for over a week. As of February 2, many landlines were functional again.
The...
Members of the U.S. Coast Guard, Alaska Air National Guard, the Alaska Department of Military and Veteran’s Affairs and Special Operations Command North visited Nome last Tuesday for a meeting with...
Grappling with the stark reality that Nome currently has no legal taxi cab service taking people from A to B, the Nome Common Council continues to be under pressure to amend the current taxi cab...
A familiar face will be returning to serve at the helm of the Nome Police Department as former NPD Chief Mike Heintzelman was hired on a six-month contract to become interim Chief of Police.
Chief...