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Graphite One needs to develop a much bigger mine in order to attract investors, company officials said in Nome last week. They said that automakers like Tesla wouldn’t be able to do business with...
The gas station at Bonanza Fuel will undergo a major overhaul this summer, necessitating a temporary lease of land from the City of Nome to put up a temporary gas station. An ordinance to lease a lot...
On April 1, pilot Kevin Ahl set off on his last round of flights for Bering Air after a long career with the company.
“It feels like I walked through the door last week,” Ahl said. “It’s kind of...
Nome Nugget reporters won several awards at last week’s Alaska Press Club conference. The annual gathering of the state's journalists in Anchorage provides reporters continued education on...
The start of spring means millions of migrating birds will soon flock to the Bering Strait region. While subsistence users and other residents welcome this return, they unfortunately need to be on...
Last July, researchers detected high concentrations of a toxin-producing algae offshore in the Bering Strait region.
Residents were urged to use caution when consuming marine foods like clams—and...
The item was not on the agenda, but a discussion at Monday’s regular Nome Common Council meeting addressed the widespread unhappiness felt by property owners in Nome as real property assessment...
Early last week, Michael Ahkinga, Jr. was heading into his family’s home in Wales to sit down for coffee with his dad. Suddenly, the family dog and his sister’s dog ran up from the beach with an...
ANCHORAGE – Mayor of Nome, John Handeland, appeared before an international convention in Anchorage, March 29, which addressed geopolitics in a melting Arctic and Nome’s role as a key partner in...
On March 20, the power went out in Diomede and wasn’t restored until the afternoon of March 31. For 11 days, the island’s 76 residents shared generators and made sure each other’s houses had enough...