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Johnson wins council seat F

Mayor Richard Beneville congratulates Mark Johnson who won the Nov. 1 runoff election against incumbent Matt Culley for Nome Common Council Seat F. The council met Nov. 3 at the new Richard Foster...

By Amanda Tördal October proved to be a very warm month for Nome, with temperatures high enough to break three daily records, plus one record tie. Throughout Alaska, higher temperatures were seen across the board, even up to Barrow. According to the National Weather Service, the monthly average temperature in Barrow for the month of October was the warmest on record, at 30.1°F. For the first time in recorded weather history the daily high temperatures in Barrow were on average 33.5°F, above the freezing le

October sets record high temperatures, record low sea ice

October proved to be a very warm month for Nome, with temperatures high enough to break three daily records, plus one record tie. Throughout Alaska, higher temperatures were seen across the board,...

Investors and environmentalists work on sustainable development of the Arctic

Polar climate change has brought along opportunities for diverse organizations to work together to meet the needs of sustainable development. Sustainability is a word buzzing through talk about...

KING ISLAND CARVERS - Inside the King Island Carving Studio in Nome, Thomas Barr and Matthew Tiulana are focused on their artwork. Pictured on the left, Barr is polishing mammoth ivory jewelry. On the right, Tiulana is repairing a walrus bone piece.

Regional ivory carvers see an uncertain future ahead

As concerned Alaska Natives raise their voices in opposition to domestic ivory ban laws passed in a growing number of states, the entire ivory carving community remains uncertain about the future of...

Mark Johnson won common council seat F in last Tuesday's runoff election.

Mark Johnson wins city runoff election

Unofficial results of the November 1 municipal runoff election between Nome Common Council seat F incumbent Matt Culley and challenger Mark Johnson suggest that Johnson won by a significant margin....

RIBBON CUTTING— Rep. Neal Foster, left, and Nome Mayor Richard Beneville, right, cut the ribbon at the grand opening ceremony of the Richard Foster Building on Friday, Oct. 28. Looking on are Jimmy Foster, left, Hoa-Nih Foster, right, and Iris Magnell.

Nome celebrates grand opening of Richard Foster Building

As a bona fide fall storm with high winds and gusts peaking at 55 mph ripped through the region, the invited guests to the opening ceremony blew through the glass doors of the newly built Richard...

OLD MUSEUM— The old museum building on Front Street has housed the Carrie M. McLain Memorial Museum and the Kegoayah Kozga Librarty for almost 50 years.

A look back at the Carrie M. McLain Memorial Museum’s past

As a home for thousands of artifacts and decades of history, the Carrie M. McLain Memorial Museum in Nome has made its mark on residents, passersby and tourists throughout the years. Remarkable in...

FIELD HEARING— Dr. Rosita “Kaahani” Worl, of the Sealaska Heritage Institute, Tara Sweeney, executive vice president Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, Susie Silook, ivory carver from St. Lawrence Island and Margaret Williams, managing director Arctic Program for World Wildlife Fund, testified at a field hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Fishers, Water and Wildlife during the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention on Oct. 21.

Confusion over African ivory ban impacts local carvers

Federal laws banning the sale, use or possession of ivory from African elephants are now having a “chilling effect” in the U.S. on Alaska Natives who legally utilize walrus, mammoth and mastodon...

Ninth Circuit Court rules to keep ESA status of Pacific bearded seals

Citing imminent loss of the sea ice it needs to survive, the Ninth Circuit on Monday upheld federal protection of a subspecies of the Pacific bearded seal under the Endangered Species Act. The...

STILL MISSING— Joseph Balderas was reported missing on June 27.

No clues found in fall search for missing Joseph Balderas

Last week, the City of Nome organized a last search effort to look for Joseph Balderas, a Nome man who was reported missing in late June. Extensive searches in June and July have not yielded any...