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By Peter Loewi
At a break between songs, Elder Virginia Tom stood up in the St. Michael community gym and praised the young drummers and dancers. “They’re determined and willing to learn,” she said...
By Diana Haecker
The Nome Common Council in a regular session last Monday voted on an ordinance to suspend the seasonal sales tax and keep the city’s sales tax at five percent for the months of May...
By Peter Loewi
COVID-19 cases in the region continue to decline slowly, reaching the lowest they’ve been this year, but case rates are still among the highest in the country.
There are currently 14...
By Diana Haecker
The Nome Common Council convened for a special meeting on Monday, April 18 to welcome Senator Lisa Murkowski to town and discuss the city’s federal priorities.
Topping the list was...
By Jenni Monet
The rapidly melting Arctic is being targeted for world energy dominance and the issue drove the dialogue at the Arctic Encounter Symposium, a two-day conference last week in downtown...
By Peter Loewi
In an interview with The Nome Nugget, Alaska State Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Anne Zink explains what Alaska has learned in two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, why it is about more...
By Peter Loewi
Alaska Airlines has made masking optional on their flights after a federal judge in Florida ruled that the Centers for Disease Control lacked the authority to issue a mask mandate....
By Peter Loewi
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) was in town on Monday and Tuesday this week to talk about the work she has been doing in Washington D.C. and to hear from Nome about the work going...
By Diana Haecker
In its Monday meeting, the Nome Common Council unanimously passed an ordinance through first reading that aims to reduce the seasonal summer sales tax from 7 percent to 5 percent....
By Peter Loewi
As COVID case numbers continue to drop in Nome and the region, Norton Sound Health Corporation is changing their testing program. Sunday, April 3 was the last day that testing was...