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The Iron Dog snowmachine race’s Pro Class riders arrived in Nome just after 2:30 p.m. Monday afternoon under ideal weather conditions. Within three hours the first ten teams rolled into town,...
The Nanook basketball teams lit up the gym Friday and Saturday evenings against some pretty sharp alumni teams.
On Friday the Lady Nanooks defeated their big sisters 62 to 37 in a game that was more...
The third mushing race of the season for the Nome Kennel Club ran on Saturday with windchill temperatures of -22°F and beautiful sunshine. The race course wound for 26 miles, going up over the...
What would a winter in Bush Alaska be like without basketball? With a little luck we won’t have to find out.
The Nome Nanooks, both boys and girls teams, just finished their first week of practice....
The Nome Kennel Club hosted its second race of the season, a 20-miler, which started at the city’s snow dump and traveled east over the tundra. Three teams entered and finished the race. Weather and...
The Nome Kennel Club began the 2021 racing season with a 7-mile, 8-dog run on Saturday, Jan. 2.
The skies were blue and the temperature a comfy 12°F. The start of the race was at Nome’s municipal...
Cold temperatures and hard work by a small group of volunteers has brought Nome’s skating rink into tip-top shape. The ice is smooth and small groups of skaters play hockey or practice their...
By James Mason
Friday night the Lady Nanook volleyballers played their second game of the season, once again against a team of Nome-Beltz graduates. It wasn’t the same alumnae team as last time, but...
In the face of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic the Nome-Beltz Nanooks held their first cross-country running practice on Thursday, July 27. About 20 runners turned out to begin the season with...
Three persistent cyclists arrived in Nome on their heavily loaded fat bikes on March 23, after 22 days and seven hours struggling through some tough winter conditions. For much of the time, they were...