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Nomeites demand justice for missing and murdered relatives

Community members took to the streets during the May 5 Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Day march from City Hall to the Rec Center in Nome. Photo by Anna Lionas By Laura Robertson On Monday...

Potential increase in state funding provides hope to districts

IN COMMITTEE–The Senate Finance Committee during their April 23 meeting where they introduced a new version of House Bill 57, which proposes an increase in funding to school districts. Photo by...

Graphite One’s feasibility study reveals proposed mining plans

By Anna Lionas On April 23, Graphite One Inc. released the feasibility study for the planned graphite mine on the Seward Peninsula. With the study complete, the Canadian mining company can now...

The Nome Public Schools Board of Education passed the FY26 budget in a special session. Pictured is School Board President Darlene Trigg.

Nome Public Schools passes budget with uncertainty of city and state funding

Despite a potential large reduction in funding from the city, the Nome Public Schools Board of Education approved the final budget for the 2025-2026 school year of $ 18.5 million, during a Tuesday...

Senator Murkowski, pictured here at the Nome Investment Summit on April 18, 2025.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski continues to speak out

Senator Lisa Murkowski, (R-Alaska) attended the City of Nome’s Investment Summit on Friday, holding a keynote address and making time for an interview with The Nome Nugget. Top of mind is the...

PRESENT— With a uniquely Nome-sense of humor, Nome Mayor John Handeland gifted Senator Lisa Murkowski with an oosik, the private parts of a male walrus, as an appropriate tool to take back to Congress.

As gateway to the Arctic, Nome prepares for future development

An illustrious line-up of speakers attracted a large audience as the City of Nome held its first Investment Summit on Friday, April 18 at Old St. Joe’s to discuss the future of Nome in light of a...

REAL ID deadline is approaching

The REAL ID deadline is coming up shortly, on May 7. People will need a REAL ID-compliant identification card to board a domestic flight or enter a military base or other federal facilities. A...

JOINT SESSION–Senate President Gary Stevens (R–Kodiak) and Speaker of the House Bryce Edgmon preside over the joint Legislative session on April 22 where the Legislature failed to override the Governor’s veto of the bill that would increase school funding.

Legislature fails to override governor’s veto of school funding increase

Today, the Alaska Legislature failed to override Governor Mike Dunleavy’s veto of a $1,000 increase to the per-student base school funding formula, known as the BSA, or Base Student Allocation. The...

FUNDING TALK–Governor Mike Dunleavy during an April 17 press conference in the Capitol discussed his veto of Senate Bill 69, a bill passed by the Legislature that would have increased the per student funding formula by $1,000.

Dunleavy vetoes $1,000 increase to school funding

Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bill today that would have increased the per-student base funding formula by $1,000, about 17 percent, instead submitting a bill which proposes a $560 increase along with...

ON THE FLOOR–Senator Donny Olson during a Senate Floor session on April 10.

Senate passes bill to reappropriate $10 million from port funding

The City of Nome could lose $10 million in state funding, which was part of a $175 million appropriation by the Alaska Legislature in May 2022 for the Port of Nome expansion. This has come as a...