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ZOOMED IN— Colonel Patrick Collins of United States Special Operations Command North spoke to the region in a Strait Science on January 23. Collins discussed the training exercise Operation Polar Dagger, held in the Bering Sea.
Last week’s Strait Science presentation, a series of lectures presented by Northwest Campus and Alaska Sea Grant to promote understanding between citizens of the Bering Strait region and the...
FIBER CUT— Quintillion determined through imaging and analysis an ice scour caused the fiber optic cable break approximately 32-37 miles north of Oliktok Point.
It’s been over a week since the Quintillion fiber optic cable was severed below the sea ice over 30 miles North of Oliktok Point. Despite the spotty service, Nome carries on, as telecommunications...
EN ROUTE TO NOME–Nenana’s Mayor Joshua Verhagen hands off the box with the diphtheria antitoxin to Jonathan Hayes in a reenactment of the serum run that began January 27 in front of the Nenana railroad depot.
The Serum Run centennial celebration is here and Nome as well as Nenana are hosting events in honor of the historic event that commemorates the transport of lifesaving diphtheria serum run by relay...
LISTENING— The Nome Common Council listens to public comments during the Monday, January 27,2025 meeting at City Hall.
The Nome Common Council spent most of its short meeting on Monday discussing the ask of the Nome School District to pre-fund upgrades to the entrances at Nome-Beltz and the Nome Elementary School for...
DELIVERING THE SERUM— Gunnar Kaasen reenacted his arrival in Nome for a photographer to capture his dog team, with Balto in lead. Kaasen delivered the serum in the early morning hours of Feb. 2, 1925.
“With the arrival of Gunnar Kaasen on Monday morning with the package containing 300,000 units of diphtheria antitoxin a great strain was lifted from the minds of many of the population of Nome,”...
SERUM RUN— Leonard Seppala’s lead dog Togo lead Seppala’s team over 82 miles in the Great Race of Mercy to deliver diphtheria antitoxin to Nome in 1925.
Eighteen events and eight talks are scheduled to take place during the next week’s anniversary celebration to honor the mushers, dogs, medical personnel, and decision-makers involved in the heroic...
On Saturday morning, the Quintillion subsea fiberoptic cable broke, leaving Nome and many other western and northwestern Alaska communities without internet. This is the second major network outage...
CITY PLANNER— Erin Reinders presented an update on the new downtown zoning ordinance in a work session before the Nome Common Council meeting.  A public meeting that was supposed to take place last month was canceled due to lack of quorum of the Planning Commission. The meeting is rescheduled to take place at a later date.
In its first meeting this year, the Nome Common Council breezed through an varied agenda, full of issues to be tackled in the year ahead. While the City is still looking for a permanent City Manager...
POLAR BROTHERS–Pat and Bill Krier stand outside the Polar Building on a smoke break, January 10. The Brothers recently sold Polar Enterprises after 25 years of their family’s ownership but will be sticking around for a few months to execute a smooth transition.
It’s a new year, and, for Polar Enterprises, a new era. Though everything may have appeared business as usual to regulars, Sunday, January 5 marked the transfer of ownership to Mymy and Larry St....
HAPPY NEW YEAR— Nomeites watched the New Year’s Eve fireworks display in small groups spread across icy roads.
While the ball was dropping in Times Square, Nome welcomed in the New Year—or at least, waved goodbye to the old one—with fireworks. Cars filled up parking lots and roads between the small boat...

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