News
By Megan Gannon
Just after 5 p.m. on Friday, March 17, with the still bright spring sun shining down on Nome, Jason Mackey ran toward the burled arch in Nome with ice frozen to his chin, five dogs in...
By Megan Gannon
Through archaeological and archival research, the locations of nearly 100 individual burials have been identified at Pilgrim Hot Springs. The unmarked graves are thought to contain...
By Diana Haecker
Ryan Redington, 40, fulfilled a dream —not only for him but his entire Redington family clan —by winning the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race on Tuesday, shortly after noon, when he...
By Megan Gannon
and Diana Haecker
The small field of Iditarod mushers starting from Willow last Sunday shrunk more when Iditarod rookie Jennifer LaBar scratched in Rainy Pass due to a badly broken...
Ryan Redington, 40, of Knik, AK won the 2023 Iditarod in a time of 8 days, 21 hours and 13 minutes.
By Megan Gannon
After four days without flights, Nomeites stranded at the Anchorage airport are starting to wonder if the Iditarod mushers will beat them back home. The delays have been a good...
By Diana Haecker
Puddles on ice, slippery sidewalks and heavy wet snow berms are remnants of a three-day weather event that pummeled Nome and the region.
Over the weekend and for the most part on...
By Megan Gannon
This past Monday afternoon, the “Open” flag was hanging outside the Nome Community Center’s Food Bank. Shoni Evans and Doris Angusuc were inside, ready to serve families in need of...
By Diana Haecker
In a court hearing that spread out over two days, Jacob Olanna, 39, accused of sexually assaulting a young woman mid-November 2021, accepted a plea bargain and was sentenced to 30...
By Megan Gannon
Life in Nome slowed during consecutive blizzards over the last week. On the evening of Monday, Feb. 20, the last of the Iron Dog snowmachiners on the trail made it to their...