City mulls options whether to keep operating ambulance department or not
In a work session the Nome Common Council discussed again whether to retain the city-run volunteer ambulance department or if it makes sense to hand the service over to Norton Sound Health Corporat
Arctic Report Card: 2023 ranks as region’s sixth warmest year
The Arctic is warming up to four times as fast as the rest of the world, and in 2023, the region experienced its sixth warmest year on record, according to an annual assessment.
UPDATE: SAR finds missing snowmachiners deceased
A search team recovered the bodies of a couple who got caught in a storm between Teller and Nome as they traveled the 70 miles from Teller on Sunday.
SAR still looking for two overdue snow machiners between Teller and Nome
Nome and Teller search and rescue groups are searching for two overdue travelers from Teller to Nome who left Teller in the evening around 5 p.m.
Degrading permafrost likely caused Diomede city building’s collapse
Update: The Governor on Dec.
Microplastics found in stomachs of spotted seals
Microplastic pollution has contaminated nearly every inch of the natural world.
Nome Pool closed until late January
Nome’s swimming pool was supposed to open in September after an overhaul this summer, returning the pool back to a chorine system after the saltwater system eroded the pool equipment.
Degrading permafrost likely caused Diomede city building’s collapse
The Diomede city office building is in the process of being stabilized after a team of engineers arrived on the island on Sunday, Dec.