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By Megan Gannon Graphite One has applied for a permit to create a “temporary winter access trail” across 20 miles of remote terrain outside of Nome to get ready for its upcoming season of...
By Diana Haecker The Port of Nome is expecting a busy summer with at an anticipated 13 cruise ship landings, four visits by the research vessel Sikuliaq and two dockings of the Japanese Naval...
The King Island dancers and drummers performed at the Kigvik celebrations.
By Megan Gannon Earlier this month, hundreds gathered in Utqiaġvik’s high school gym for a four-day Kivgiq or “messenger feast” celebration—the first since 2019. The traditional Iñupiaq festival...
By Megan Gannon As of last Monday, the Alaska Public Defender Agency is no longer accepting new serious felony cases in Nome and Bethel. Those regional offices currently face a shortage of...
IRON DOG — Mike Morgan and other Polaris racers participated in a training run to McGrath last month.
By Megan Gannon With recent warm weather and snowy conditions in Alaska’s Interior and Southcentral, the 2023 Iron Dog promises to be a tough race. Twenty-five pairs of racers in the pro class will...
By Megan Gannon IPOP is continuing its legal battle with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Nevada-based group and two of its elderly investors have sued the federal agency over its decision to...
FIRE— A fire destroyed three older and sparsely used school buildings, on Thursday, Feb. 2. No fire injuries were sustained but many residents were treated for smoke inhalation.
By Diana Haecker Three old school buildings in Savoonga were destroyed by a fire on Thursday, Feb. 2. According to Savoonga Village Police Officer and Police Chief Michael Wongittillin, he received...
By Diana Haecker A Nome man was last week charged with 22 counts of sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree and two counts of sexual abuse in the second degree. Robert O’Connor, 72, was...
By Megan Gannon Emma Pate did not grow up hearing about harmful algae in the Bering Strait region. But now she spends about 75 to 100 percent of her time at work thinking about these tiny, toxin-...
BEFORE AND AFTER — Satellite images of a stream near Nome show just how quickly beavers can change tundra landscapes.
By Megan Gannon Though much of the Seward Peninsula remains untouched by development, one group of architects has been engineering steady changes: Beavers. They are expanding further into the Arctic...

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