Long ago, before sea level rise and then politics intervened, man and other animals moved freely through the Bering Strait region between Asia and North America.
The candidate list for the 2026 Nome Municipal elections is slim. The filing deadline to declare candidacy ended on Tuesday, Sept. 1 at 5 p.m. and no late filers were seen rushing to City Hall to file their paperwork.
The official candidate list...
The good news first: all of the hunter-harvested waterfowl and collected eggs that were field-tested earlier this summer tested negative for avian influenza, according to results made public this week. But test results of birds that had been found...
“Frontier town.” That’s how many tourists off the cruise ships from the past few weeks describe Nome. Also on the list is “rustic” and “weatherbeaten.” These tourists aren’t knocking Nome, for what it is worth. They are excited to be here.
Many...
In the chaos of ex-typhoon Merbok that hit Nome and the region in September 2022, it escaped most that a special operations command of the military was holding the first iteration of Operation Polar Dagger on St. Lawrence Island. In the aftermath of...
Nome Joint Utilities General Manager John Handeland prepared the public for an increase in utility bill costs and the school district for a considerable heating bill, during Monday’s Nome Common Council meeting. The exact fuel price won’t be known...
A bright yellow school bus idled in the Old St. Joe’s parking lot as a crowd of thirty or so eager Nomeites gathered for one of the beloved events in Nome’s summer season – the Nome Garden Tour. But instead of a Sunday, the 2026 Nome Garden Tour...
Anvil City Science Academy is starting the school year under new leadership. Ayden Wickman is a musician, a cat owner and ACSA’s new principal. He’s excited for the year to come and looks forward to learning about the school’s traditions and the...
Fishing was high on the agenda when the newly appointed chairman of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission Tom Dans visited Nome last week.
Dans, excited to have succeeded in fishing for Arctic grayling, and antsy to go to Outfitters to get fishing...
Around 50 people attended a campaign event hosted by U.S. Senate candidate Democrat Mary Peltola last week at Nome VFW Post #9569.
Peltola was Alaska’s congresswoman from 2022 to 2025. She won a special election after Don Young’s death, was elected...
A stunning 61 percent of Alaskan maritime waters are not sufficiently mapped by modern standards, and a much higher percentage in the vast Bering Sea and Bering Strait region is not up to date in modern charts, either. This, coupled with increasing...
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Unofficial primary results indicate that in the race for U.S. Senate, Mary Peltola has a tiny lead over incumbent Republican Dan S. Sullivan, with Dan J. Sullivan Jr. (Petersburg Sullivan) in third and Gerald Heikes placing fourth.
In the open...
Progress on the Steadman Road improvements has proceeded on schedule and the road is expected to be open to traffic again by August 15. The project is scheduled to be totally completed by September 1.
Steadman Road is a state-owned road and the...
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