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By Peter Loewi COVID-19 cases in the Nome, Bering Strait and Norton Sound region remain low, but nationally, cases continue to rise. There are six active cases in the region: two cases in Nome, two...
By Diana Haecker Nome Common Council members sitting as the Board of Equalization on Tuesday denied Norton Sound Health Corporation’s appeal of the City Clerk’s ruling that six of NSHC’s properties...
By Peter Loewi The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation reported over the weekend that the first case of a highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in Alaska. State...
By Peter Loewi COVID-19 infections in Alaska appear to have hit a low plateau and risen slightly —15 percent by New York Times statistics— in the last two weeks, just as cases in this region drop...
CELEBRATION— Over 100 people came out Wednesday, April 27 to dance, drum, or just watch at the St. Michael community gym. The event marked the end of a RurAL CAP workshop with acclaimed Yupik artist Aassanaaq “Ossie” Kairaiuak.
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...
Lisa Murkowski attended a special Nome Common Council meeting on Monday, April 18.
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...
Yup'ik leader, Vera Metcalf, a resident of Nome, discusses the traditional knowledge systems as a panelist at the 2022 Arctic Encounter Symposium in Anchorage, Thursday April 7.
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...
Alaska Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anne Zink
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...

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