Nome’s crabbing fleet this summer saw a somewhat unconventional vessel. Gabriel Smith used a 22-foot open skiff dubbed the Ripley, hauling in more than 12,000 pounds over the 10-day commercial summer crabbing season.
Was it scary? Not really, said...
Nome feels growing pains. For the lack of a long-term transportation plan, an outdated comprehensive plan and growing demands to address dust, potholes and housing needs, the city government is now trying to play catch up.
The Nome Common Council...
A Japanese fisheries science research vessel from Hokkaido University was docked in the Port of Nome last week and welcomed local scientists and members of the press onboard on July 10 for a tour.
The ship’s visit is supported by Arctic Challenge...
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Alaska District is pursuing a comprehensive Environmental Impact Statement review rather than an Environmental Assessment in their permitting review for the proposed Graphite One mine on the northern slopes of...
Nome celebrated the United States of America’s 250th birthday since the Declaration of Independence under blue and sunny skies.
Nomeites began to gather on Front Street just before 11 a.m. for the parade and following celebrations. Kids and adults...
“Mystery Woman Continues Journey to Nome,” read the headline in The Nome Nugget newspaper on August 3, 1929. The so-called Mystery Woman referenced was Lillian Alling, a Polish immigrant who had spent the previous three years traveling across North...
Over seven months Nomeites and visitors had to make do without any operating taxicab service in Nome, but as of this week a Nome couple decided to register a cab business, getting their chauffeurs licenses and starting to offer taxi services...
The Anvil Mountain Run started not on the customary Fourth of July, as it has for 48 years, but on the day before.
Organizers, after consulting with racers, decided to race on Friday, July 3 to give everyone the most of the long weekend as many...
Gas prices at the pump and heating oil costs are set to increase next week. While prices per gallon of diesel and gas fuel are not quite set yet, Bonanza Fuel CEO Scot Henderson said that Bonanza's costs this year compared to last year average about...
Clouds and occasional rain didn’t stop Nome’s young entrepreneurs from showing up for Mizuktata last Saturday, June 27. Mizuktata, which means “let’s drink juice” in Inupiaq, is Nome’s version of Lemonade Day, a national program that aims to teach...
Ulric Jeffery Ulroan, 48, was arrested in Nome and charged with 47 counts of sexual abuses of minors, sexual assaults and furnishing alcohol to a victim under 21, for alleged crimes against children in his care and a woman over 18 years of age,...
Anyone driving to Teller during the summer of 2024 noticed the construction east of the Teller Highway at mile 48. It consisted of gap-spaced walls placed at unusual angles with no roofs.
Locals knew it was a corral building project spearheaded by...
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