SPRING MIGRATION — Flocks and flocks of sandhill cranes started arriving in the region last weekend. Photo by Nils Hahn
LEMONADE DAY — Caitlyn Johnson, Raina McRae and Megan Johnson serve chilled lemonade at their stand in Icy View. More than 44 lemonade stands sprung up in Nome during Lemonade Day, held last Sunday in Nome and nationwide. Photo by Diana Haecker
The bad news is that there will be a port charge this season for tying up craft on the banks of the Snake River where it used to be free, but the good news is that the fee will be only half what it costs to dock in the harbor. There will be no charge for subsistence fishers and hunters to put boats in and out of the water. click here to read more
About 85 people from all across Alaska and a few experts from the Lower 48 met in Nome last week for the 6th annual Alaska Tobacco Summit. The Alaska Tobacco Control Alliance selected Nome as the venue of their annual meeting because Nome just recently passed a city ordinance banning smoking in all public places. click here to read more
Miners had a beef with proposed offshore mining permits when the Nome Planning Commission met May 1 to go over the two ordinances pertaining to recreational mining on West Beach and East Beach waters and commercial mining operations. click here to read more
