HAPPY BIRTHDAY— Staff congratulated City Manager Lee Smith, center, on his birthday, on Monday, May 11. Also pictured are Mayor Ken Hughes, left, and council member Mark Johnson, right.
The Nome Common Council is on track to pass a budget for fiscal year 2027, but all present council members agreed on Monday that the final product still needs a bit of work before its final passage in June.
Inuit Circumpolar Council Alaska with member organziation representatives announcing the Alaskan Inuit Arctic Strategy, April 15, during the Arctic Encounter Summit 2026 in Anchorage, Alaska. Pictured are (left to right) Vernae Angnaboogok (ICC Alaska) Marie Kasaŋnaaluk Greene (President, ICC Alaska), Walter Sampson (Northwest Arctic Borough), Vivian Anginran Korthuis (CEO, Association of Village Council Presidents), Mary David (Exec. VP, Kawerak), Bridget Anderson (Arctic Slope Regional Corporation).
On April 28, 2009, the Inuit Circumpolar Council delivered the first in what has become a series of formal statements grounded in the right to self-determination: the Circumpolar Inuit Declaration on Arctic Sovereignty.  The affirmation followed a
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY—Adelaine Aklaasiaq Ahmasuk is one of several voices to ask for an Environmental Impact Study to fully examine the impacts that a graphite mine will have on northern Kigluaik Mountains. Comments were made during a public hearing in Nome.
Dust, spoilage of a pristine subsistence area, skepticism of baseline studies assertions and testimony of deep connections to the land proposed to be turned into a graphite mine dominated public comments during a meeting hosted by U.S.
SKIMEISTER — Ella Hubert of Nome, right, was crowned the Middle School Girls Skimeister at the recent WISA Ski/Biathlon Championships held in Galena, on March 26-28, 2026.
The Nanooks finished their ski and biathlon season last weekend with the 2026 First Tracks Ski Race & Invitational in White Mountain.
2026 iditarod champion Jessie Holmes
Jessie Holmes of Brushkana, Alaska, notched his second consecutive Iditarod win on Tuesday, March 17 when he reached the burled arch at 9:32 p.m. with 12 dogs in harness, after nine days, seven hours and 32 minutes on the trail.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY— Staff congratulated City Manager Lee Smith, center, on his birthday, on Monday, May 11. Also pictured are Mayor Ken Hughes, left, and council member Mark Johnson, right.
Inuit Circumpolar Council Alaska with member organziation representatives announcing the Alaskan Inuit Arctic Strategy, April 15, during the Arctic Encounter Summit 2026 in Anchorage, Alaska. Pictured are (left to right) Vernae Angnaboogok (ICC Alaska) Marie Kasaŋnaaluk Greene (President, ICC Alaska), Walter Sampson (Northwest Arctic Borough), Vivian Anginran Korthuis (CEO, Association of Village Council Presidents), Mary David (Exec. VP, Kawerak), Bridget Anderson (Arctic Slope Regional Corporation).
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY—Adelaine Aklaasiaq Ahmasuk is one of several voices to ask for an Environmental Impact Study to fully examine the impacts that a graphite mine will have on northern Kigluaik Mountains. Comments were made during a public hearing in Nome.
SKIMEISTER — Ella Hubert of Nome, right, was crowned the Middle School Girls Skimeister at the recent WISA Ski/Biathlon Championships held in Galena, on March 26-28, 2026.
2026 iditarod champion Jessie Holmes
    We take many things for granted. The water flowing out of the tap. The clean air we breathe. The groceries available to us at the store.  And the local newspaper. The Nome Nugget is one of those things that has been a constant for 126 years in...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY— Staff congratulated City Manager Lee Smith, center, on his birthday, on Monday, May 11. Also pictured are Mayor Ken Hughes, left, and council member Mark Johnson, right.
The Nome Common Council is on track to pass a budget for fiscal year 2027, but all present council members agreed on Monday that the final product still needs a bit of work before its final passage in June. Budget The council voted the city’s...
CONGRATULATIONS— Asaaluk Nichols shakes Chris Steppe’s hand  at the UAF Northwest Campus graduation ceremony at Old St. Joe’s on Thursday, May 7.
Faculty, dignitaries and community members joined the Class of 2026 graduates at Old St. Joe’s last Thursday, May 7 for the 50th  commencement of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Northwest Campus. The graduates wore black gowns and caps with blue...
Graphic: Kiewit
The Nome Planning Commission accepted a proposal for the flow of traffic from the Kiewit crew camp to be constructed at Steadman and 6th Avenue this summer. Kiewit is the contractor for Phase 1A of the Port of Nome expansion project and as part of a...
Inuit Circumpolar Council Alaska with member organziation representatives announcing the Alaskan Inuit Arctic Strategy, April 15, during the Arctic Encounter Summit 2026 in Anchorage, Alaska. Pictured are (left to right) Vernae Angnaboogok (ICC Alaska) Marie Kasaŋnaaluk Greene (President, ICC Alaska), Walter Sampson (Northwest Arctic Borough), Vivian Anginran Korthuis (CEO, Association of Village Council Presidents), Mary David (Exec. VP, Kawerak), Bridget Anderson (Arctic Slope Regional Corporation).
On April 28, 2009, the Inuit Circumpolar Council delivered the first in what has become a series of formal statements grounded in the right to self-determination: the Circumpolar Inuit Declaration on Arctic Sovereignty.  The affirmation followed a...
MISSING SISTER— Blaire Okpealuk shows the attendees gathered at Old St. Joe’s at the Missing and Murdered Indigenous People’s Day vigil on Tuesday, May 5 a picture of her sister Florence Okpealuk, who has been missing since 2020.
On the afternoon of Tuesday, May 5, Nomeites marched down Front Street from the UAF Northwest Campus to Anvil City Square to commemorate Missing and Murdered Indigenous Person’s Day. Some people carried signs with pictures of lost loved ones. Some...
QUGHSATKUT DANCERS— Grace Campbell performs with the Qughsatkut Dancers and the Nome St. Lawrence Island Dance Group during Katiluta at the Nome Rec Center on Friday, May 1.
Last Thursday, April 30, a crowd of young people gathered around a table in the Mini Convention Center as Roy Ashenfelter lead a demonstration on processing salmon with an ulu. Earlier in the day, there had been lessons on making fur flowers,...
Teller is in line to get water and sewer systems installed.
For the first time in Teller’s municipal existence, residents can be hopeful that a piped water and sewer system will be installed in the community. Last week, the Indian Health Service announced that $65 million would fund construction of Teller’s...
A memorial is growing for Kelly Hunt, a 19-year-old woman from Shaktoolik, who was missing and recently found deceased on the 3500 block of Lois Drive. Photographed on Monday, April 27, 2026. (Bill Roth / ADN)
A monthslong search for Kelly Hunt that frustrated family members over a perceived lack urgency from investigators culminated last week when Anchorage police said they found the body of the 19-year-old in the Spenard neighborhood. The Anchorage...
ARCTIC ENCOUNTER— U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski sits on a panel at the Arctic Encounter Summit in Anchorage, Friday, April 17, 2026.
On Friday afternoon, April 17, in downtown Anchorage, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, arrived at the Arctic Encounter Summit at the Dena’ina Convention Center, an annual gathering of policymakers, business leaders and international officials focused...
A long dust cloud trails a single truck on the Beam Road. The picture was taken in the fall.
The snow has barely melted off Nome’s roads and fine dust kicked up by cars or the wind already becomes a nuisance and more than that, a health hazard. Nome Eskimo Community Executive Director Emma Pate this week called for a meeting of a newly...
High school seniors voiced frustration about the lack of support for post-graduation opportunities at last week's school board meeting.
Students and community showed up in force at the April meeting of the Nome Public Schools Board of Education meeting, expressing their discontent with the lack of support for graduating seniors and their post-graduation planning. Six students and...

Obituaries

Albert Otoyuk Victor Lee
Albert Otoyuk Victor Lee was born on January 22, 1940 to Flora Otoyuk Lee and Dan Lee in Mary’s Igloo, Alaska.  He spoke of a wonderful...

Education

CONGRATULATIONS— Asaaluk Nichols shakes Chris Steppe’s hand  at the UAF Northwest Campus graduation ceremony at Old St. Joe’s on Thursday, May 7.

Faculty, dignitaries and community members joined the Class of 2026 graduates at Old St.

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