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Representatives from the South Korean city of Busan, the country’s largest port, visited Nome on January 6 to tour port facilities and discuss opportunities for economic, shipping and academic...
A male student at Nome-Beltz Middle High School has been charged with Terroristic Threatening in the second degree and Misconduct involving weapons in the fourth degree after being taken into...
Since January 1, no legal taxi cabs were running on Nome’s roads as the only taxi company Checker Cab has chosen to suspend their operations and to not reapply for their six cab licenses that they...
Bering Straits Native Corporation faces criticism from shareholders regarding the corporation’s involvement in federal contracts to aid in the detention and removal of asylum seekers, illegal...
January
No snow!
January started out with ice glazed roads, brown tundra and no snow to be seen. Winter trails were non-existent and thoughts of skiing, dog mushing and traveling by snow mobile...
Empty shelves at Nome’s grocery stores last week bore witness to a severe backlog of freight that didn’t make it to Nome for the holidays.
Starting last week, Alaska Air Cargo has stopped accepting...
In a speech last week, President Donald Trump said that the U.S. economy is doing well. “Tonight, after 11 months, our border is secure inflation has stopped, wages are up, prices are down, our...
Twenty years ago, the first Arctic Report Card was released by scientists who observed a rapidly changing Arctic and who keenly felt the need to provide updates of those changes to the public, said...
More than a century ago, the United States embarked on an ambitious project to educate Alaska Natives in some of the most remote places. That goal has been met with challenges ever since.
But today...
Nomeites and visitors from around the region packed the Rec Center last Saturday night for the annual Fireman’s Carnival. People jostled for space at the bingo tables, waited in line for face paint,...