By Peter Loewi
The past 24 hours, fierce winds and rising seas have wreaked havoc in western Alaska. The widespread destruction includes dislodged fuel tanks, failing seawalls, houses dislodged from their foundation, whole communities flooded by the ocean. In Nome...
The National Weather Service warned of the strongest storm in a decade moving into the Bering Sea, issuing coastal flood warnings along the coast from Hooper Bay to the Bering Strait. Worst flooding with elevated sea levels of up to 12 feet is...
By Diana Haecker
On Friday afternoon, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced its decision to deny regulatory permits for IPOP LLC, effectively nixing IPOP's plans to mine for gold and dispose of material in the wetlands and waterways of Bonanza...
By Diana Haecker
On Friday afternoon, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced its decision to deny regulatory permits for IPOP LLC, effectively nixing IPOP’s plans to mine for gold and dispose of material in the wetlands and waterways of Bonanza...
By Diana Haecker
In its regular meeting on Monday, Sept. 12, the Nome Common Council decided on two resolutions and discussed a couple of property tax penalty forgiveness requests.
The first property tax penalty and interest forgiveness request...
By Peter Loewi
Racers flocked to the Nome Invite last weekend, with student athletes from Utqiagvik, Tikigaq, Kotzebue, Wales, Teller, Brevig Mission, White Mountain, Golovin, Koyuk, Shaktoolik, Unalakleet, and Saint Michael competing over a 5,000-...
By Megan Gannon
Last month, U.S. President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, a sweeping piece of legislation with many provisions designed to build out domestic supply chains for the clean energy transition.
Graphite One, the Vancouver...
By Peter Loewi
COVID-19 boosters targeting the Omicron subvariant BA.4/5 have been authorized by the Food and Drug Administration and are recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“The updated COVID-19 boosters are formulated...
By Megan Gannon
Wet and cloudy conditions on Labor Day did not dampen the spirits of Nomeites who turned out for the annual festivities in town.
Visitors to Nome who disembarked from the cruise ship Scenic Eclipse were eager to see the famous...
