For more than a year the Nome Common Council had wrestled with the task updating Nome’s taxicab licensing ordinance.
On Tuesday, Feb. 10, the State of Alaska’s Regulatory Commission notified Nome Joint Utilities General Manager John Handeland in a letter that payments of the PCE disbursements to Nome are suspended until NJUS files outstanding fuel and annual...
Last Thursday afternoon, a circle of 16 third graders surrounded local ski “meister” Keith Conger in a back hallway of Nome Elementary School, watching as he demonstrated proper ski carrying technique. Later, the kids lined up “tall to tallest” to...
School safety was the main focus at two events last week – a tour of Nome Public Schools attended by the Nome Common Council and school board members, and a town hall meeting hosted by the Nome School District.
At the tour of Nome Public Schools,...
School issues are front and center at the Nome Common Council these days, as the council has toured the school facilities last week and makes an effort to better understand the Nome Public Schools’ fiscal situation. During public comment, the...
This Saturday, February 14, 30 teams will leave Big Lake for the 42nd running of the Iron Dog snowmachine race.
Three of those teams have ties to Nome. Veteran racer and two-time winner Mike Morgan grew up in Nome and now lives in Southcentral...
For more than a year the Nome Common Council had wrestled with the task updating Nome’s taxicab licensing ordinance.
On Monday, the deed was done as the council unanimously voted to get rid of a cap on the number of taxicab licenses and to modify...
Landline phones at several businesses, offices and residences across Nome were down or experienced intermittent outages for over a week. As of February 2, many landlines were functional again.
The Nome Police Department reported that the 911 number...
If basketball fans wanted to witness competitive games in Kotzebue last week, their best bet was to find out when the Nome-Beltz girls took the floor. Three of Nome’s four games came down to the wire, with two of those contests decided in overtime...
Members of the U.S. Coast Guard, Alaska Air National Guard, the Alaska Department of Military and Veteran’s Affairs and Special Operations Command North visited Nome last Tuesday for a meeting with city officials, Nome Eskimo Community, and...
Grappling with the stark reality that Nome currently has no legal taxi cab service taking people from A to B, the Nome Common Council continues to be under pressure to amend the current taxi cab regulating code to be more amenable to taxi companies...
Nome hosted the Wasilla varsity boys and South Anchorage varsity girls for the “Ruckus at the Rec” basketball tournament last weekend. Parents and community members packed the Rec Center, snacking on slushies sold by Student Council and cheering on...
A familiar face will be returning to serve at the helm of the Nome Police Department as former NPD Chief Mike Heintzelman was hired on a six-month contract to become interim Chief of Police.
Chief William Crockett has not extended his contract and...
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