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The Nome Common Council canvassed last week’s municipal elections and made official the results. After voting down one questioned ballot — the voter, a Nomeite, was registered in Fairbanks— the...
By Jenni Monet, Ariana Crockett O'Harra and Diana Haecker |
Communities across the Bering Strait region are preparing for remnants of Typhoon Halong, a mix of fast winds and high waves that could...
By Jenni Monet |
John Ahkvaluk isn’t just from Inalik (also spelled Inaliq), or Little Diomede. He was born on the remote island, in the Bering Strait, in a sod home by the light of a seal oil lamp...
By Ariana Crockett O’Harra |
The effects of the federal government shutdown could soon be felt in Nome and Western Alaska.
A press release from Governor Dunleavy’s office last week said that Medicaid...
By Diana Haecker and Ariana Crockett O’Harra |
A storm on Wednesday caused severe flooding in Kotzebue, prompting mandatory evacuation orders to all residents of the city.
In the Nome, Bering Strait...
By Diana Haecker |
Despite wind-driven rain during a proper Nome fall storm on election day, 424 Nome voters found their way to the polls and elected a new mayor for Nome.
Ken Hughes won a decisive...
On Tuesday, Oct. 7, Nome voters will be casting their ballots for the following offices: Mayor of Nome, two Nome Common Council seats, two NJUS board seats and two School Board seats. The only...
By Diana Haecker |
On Tuesday, Sept. 30, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened a 30-day public comment period in response to a permit application received from Graphite One as the Canadian...
By Diana Haecker |
In the upcoming Oct. 7 municipal elections, Nome voters will be asked on the ballot if they approve a one percent sales tax hike from the current five percent to six percent, or...
By Ariana Crockett O’Harra and Diana Haecker |
Dance groups from across the region flocked to Teller for the 19th annual Teller Cultural Festival, held last weekend, but none had to brave a more...