News
By Diana Haecker
The Nome Common Council breezed through a light agenda in last Monday’s regular meeting, passing two resolutions that authorized the purchase of two new police cars and issuing a...
By Julia Lerner
Key marine species in the Northern Bering Sea, including several types of crab and fish, have seen significant population declines over the last several years, according to a new...
By Julia Lerner
Representatives from the City and Port of Nome traveled to Anchorage last week to participate in the annual Alaska Association of Harbormasters and Port Administrators conference....
By Julia Lerner
The Nome, Norton Sound and Bering Strait region has seen its second COVID-19 related death last week. The individual, a regional resident in his 60s, passed away on Wednesday,...
By Diana Haecker
Two overdue boaters from Teller were rescued by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter last Friday after being reported overdue on Thursday.
They were both found alive and well in a cabin...
By Diana Haecker
As COVID infections surge in Nome and the region, Nome City Manager Glenn Steckman put before the Nome Common Council an emergency ordinance that would’ve closed bars until Nov. 14...
By Julia Lerner
On Thursday, Oct. 28, NSHC reported the second COVID-19 death in the region. According to state data, the deceased is a man in his 60s, from Nome.
COVID-19 cases in the Nome, Norton...
By Julia Lerner
As Nome’s Emergency Shelter Team, NEST for short, prepares to welcome its first guests for the winter season next week, many Nomeites are continuing to discuss housing solutions and...
By Diana Haecker
It was not a press release that announced changes to Alaska Airlines’ service to Nome, but whispers on the street. Those whispers proved true as Alaska Airlines confirmed this week...
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,...