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The Nome Port Commission has approved this season’s port tariff schedule with no across-the-board rate increase.
However, during the meeting, after a brisk debate on whether there should be a three-...
It seems like digging out from snow and some more snow is all Nomeites do this winter.
But according to National Weather Service meteorological technician Bob TenEyck in Nome, the climatological...
Over the past decade the shrinking Arctic ice cap has expanded Nome’s dream of harvesting riches from open, navigable waters.
City administrators believe in potential gain to come from Port of Nome...
In a work session before the regular meeting of the Nome Common Council Feb. 12, Joy Baker, port director, laid out an issue for Council consideration concerning fuel sales at the Port of Nome.
The...
The Norton Sound Health Corporation Board of Directors completed their three-day meeting Thursday, Feb 1 in the hospital’s third-floor board room. Nineteen board members were seated at the table, one...
Gold dredge operations offshore Nome may fall under new U.S. Coast Guard regulations for the 2018 summer mining season. Waiting for the ice to go out before finding out may not be a good plan,...
The Alaska Delegation consisting of Senators Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan and Congressman Don Young have send out a letter to Dept. of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke in support of a draft proposed...
Katherine Olson, charged on 11 criminal counts stemming from sales and possession of heroin, has received sentence in Second District Superior Court.
In a plea deal, Olson, 25, pleaded guilty to one...
The state information office of The People’s Republic of China published a white paper titled “China’s Arctic Policy” on Jan. 26.
Alaska’s location allows the United States to count itself one of...
The clock was pushing 10 p.m. when the Nome Common Council adjourned its regular meeting on Jan. 22.
A work session and agenda generated four and one-half hours’ discussion dealing with structure...