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NOME COMMON COUNCIL— The council met in a worksession and regular session on Monday, April 26.
By Diana Haecker In Monday’s regular Nome Common Council meeting the Council passed in second reading an ordinance to adopt changes to the Alaska Remote Sellers Sales Tax Code. The City is part of...
By Julia Lerner Since last Thursday, Norton Sound Health Corporation has identified two new positive COVID-19 cases in Nome, bringing the total number of active cases in the region to four. On...
By James Mason Much scientific research in the Bering Sea region has been on hold because of the Covid pandemic. But the Alaska Department of Fish and Game was able to complete their annual bottom...
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Bonanza Channel
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has opened a public comment period on yet another proposal by IPOP LLC to mine for gold at Bonanza Channel. This time, IPOP proposes to conduct a ‘case study’ while...
Since last Wednesday there have been four new COVID-19 cases identified in Nome, bringing the number of active cases to five in the region. All patients are located in Nome. On Wednesday, April 14, a...
In a regular meeting on Monday, the Nome Common Council passed in first reading two ordinances that would amend current ordinances dealing with elections. One change seeks to extend the time when...
Norton Sound Health Corporation identified four new cases of COVID-19 in the region this week, all of which were in Nome. As of Monday, there were five active cases in the region. The first new case...
Last week, Norton Sound Health Corporation immunized another 2.3 percent of the region’s population against COVID-19. The regional vaccination rate is now 56 percent and has been increasing by just...
GIANT CONTAINERSHIP— Last week, the Finnish engineering company Aker Arctic announced their new icebreaking container ship, shown in this digital rendering. The ship is specially designed to transit the Northern Sea Route without icebreaker assistance.
Last week, Egyptian crews finally freed the 1,300-foot cargo freighter Ever Given after it was stuck for six days in the Suez Canal, grinding much of international commerce to a halt. A week after it...

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