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Jessie Holmes’ dream of winning the Iditarod came true when he pulled under the burled arch in Nome with 10 dogs in harness, on Friday morning at 2:55 a.m.
Holmes finished the longest Iditarod Trail...
On March 11, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources rejected Nevada-based IPOP LLC’s application for permits to mine for gold in the Bonanza Channel.
The DNR’s decision document cited...
Both 120 miles longer and with a later start due to rerouting the trail to start in Fairbanks, the usual timing of mushers arriving in checkpoints is at least two days later than the usual Iditarod...
CORRECTION: A correction was made to this article reflecting the fact that Kitty Sopow was fired from NOAA. She did not voluntarily retire. NOAA had wrong paperwork on her file, listing her as a...
After a week of high speeds, high winds, and low snow in some places, the Iron Dog snowmachine race came to a close on Saturday. On February 22 Robby Schachle and Brad George crossed the finish line...
A fire broke out in Mary “Rose Ann” Titus’ home during the early hours of February 20 with Titus, her granddaughter Venessa Koonooka and great-grandson Colton Koonooka-Kowchee inside. They managed to...
The Nome Common Council passed in first reading budget amendments for the FY 2025 budgets of various city and port of Nome funds.
The proposed amended budget of the city’s general fund brings the...
Cases of the viral infection Hand, Foot and Mouth disease or HFMD, have been detected amongst students of Nome Public Schools. In response, Norton Sound Health Corporation released statements to...
Each year the Alaska State Legislature hosts representatives from school districts across the state to hear about the issues schools are facing as they put together their bills that determine how the...
For over a quarter-century, the Nome National Forest sprouted every year as old Christmas trees and wooden cutouts were placed onto the sea ice in front of Nome for months of late winter and spring....