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NEW– A team of seven came to Nome during August to take apart the old Seppala House and reconstruct a completely new one in the span of a week.
A building known as the Seppala house has found its final resting place after a long life in Nome. Dismantled and replicated in a new building, the almost completed new building will soon reside...
Visitors disembark from the Roald Amundsen last week.
The Hurtigruten cruiseship Roald Amundsen docked at the causeway last Tuesday, hustled into the port earlier than their planned arrival as a significant storm was forecasted. On Wednesday the...
After five years at the helm of the city, City Manager Glenn Steckman will depart Nome on September 1, leaving large shoes to fill as the city moves forward with projects like the Deep Draft Port...
Leroy Kobuk Sr., 47, was charged with first and second degree murder after allegedly killing his girlfriend Michaeline Snowball, 43. On August 17 troopers responded to a report of a deceased woman...
GARDEN PARTY— Nome Garden Tour organizers Kim Knudsen, Angela Hansen and Cheryl Thompson at the potluck concluding the event on August 18.
Despite wolf-howling winds and machine-gun precipitation, over a dozen Nomeites gathered outside Old St. Joe’s on Sunday, August 18 for the annual Garden Tour led by master gardener and teacher...
KOUGAROK ROAD— Nome’s road system offers three roads, endless vistas and glorious country to explore.
The mission: to traverse all 229 miles of the summer-only road system in and around Nome in 48 hours to capture the beauty of a Seward Peninsula summer while it still blossomed around us. To play...
The DEC only permits the discharge coming out of the "silt curtain doorway" behind the dredge, as pictured in this slide, presented at the DEC's informational meeting.
Dozens of comments submitted to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation call for IPOP LLC to be denied a state permit for its proposed gold mining operation in Bonanza Channel. IPOP, a...
The Nome Common Council in session, on August 12. While HVAC installation is done at City Hall, the Richard Foster building serves as temporary council chambers.
With only a few weeks left at the job, outgoing City Manager Glenn Steckman presented a host of requests for proposals to the Nome Common Council last Monday of things to be done prior to his...
Dr. Amy Phillips-Chan, former director of the Carrie M. McLain Memorial Museum and editor of the book, returned to Nome to host the event for a group of a couple dozen Nomeites.
Stronger Together, a book that catalogues Nome’s COVID pandemic experience was celebrated by the community that created it last week at the Richard Foster Building. Dr. Amy Phillips-Chan, former...
COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE– Elders gathered from across the state to attend the Inupiaraaqta workshop in Nome last week. They are (back row) Clifford Seetook, Rose Fosdick, Martha Outwater, Jack Brown, Lucy Kitchen, Betsy Pikonganna, Josephine Bourdon, Daborah Anungazuk, Toby Anungazuk; (middle row)  Rita Olanna, Arlene Soxie, Sophie Nothstine, Georgianna Merrill, Clifford Weyiouanna, Richard Atuk; (front row) Annie Conger, Emma Olanna, Darlene Katchetag, Bruce Tungwenuk.
Last weekend the Inupiaraaqta or “Let’s Speak Inupiaq” workshop landed in Nome, bringing together people from all over the region, of all ages and levels of fluency for an immersive, connective...

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