START YOUR ENGINES—Cody Sherman, winner of the Nome-Golovin race, starts his engine in front of a crowd of people waiting.
Cody Sherman won the Open-C Class competition and the overall race, in last Saturday’s Nome-Golovin 200 snowmachine race, in a time of 2 hours and 14 minutes.
Teacher on the trail Maggie Hamilton with Unalakleet teacher Teri Paniptchuk.
Both 120 miles longer and with a later start due to rerouting the trail to start in Fairbanks, the usual timing of mushers arriving in checkpoints is at least two days later than the usual Iditarod routing.
Ice broke off in front of Nome on February 10.
For over a quarter-century, the Nome National Forest sprouted every year as old Christmas trees and wooden cutouts were placed onto the sea ice in front of Nome for months of late winter and spring.
SILENCE— During their February 10 regular meeting the Nome Common Council bowed their heads in a moment of silence for the lives lost in the Bering Air plane crash February 6.
The Port of Nome expansion project will go out for a new round of bids, albeit the bids will entail a modified design and splitting Phase One into an A and B part.
MALE AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER – A male American golden-plover in his elegant breeding plumage is on his upland-tundra breeding territory. Note the white band that runs around his forehead and down to his jet-black chest where it ends in a wide lapel. Females are similar, but have lighter faces.
If you drive along any road out of Nome in June and July, you are likely to catch sight of our most elegant and eye-catching breeding shorebirds, golden-plovers.
Senior Aviation Accident Investigator Tim Sorensen and Chair of the National Transportation Security Board Jennifer Homendy during the February 8 press conference in Anchorage.
Chair of the National Transportation Security Board, or NTSB, Jennifer Homendy arrived in Alaska to investigate the fatal crash of the Bering Air flight 445, which went down 34 miles southeast of Nome on February 6 with nine passengers and one pil
START YOUR ENGINES—Cody Sherman, winner of the Nome-Golovin race, starts his engine in front of a crowd of people waiting.
Teacher on the trail Maggie Hamilton with Unalakleet teacher Teri Paniptchuk.
Ice broke off in front of Nome on February 10.
SILENCE— During their February 10 regular meeting the Nome Common Council bowed their heads in a moment of silence for the lives lost in the Bering Air plane crash February 6.
MALE AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER – A male American golden-plover in his elegant breeding plumage is on his upland-tundra breeding territory. Note the white band that runs around his forehead and down to his jet-black chest where it ends in a wide lapel. Females are similar, but have lighter faces.
Senior Aviation Accident Investigator Tim Sorensen and Chair of the National Transportation Security Board Jennifer Homendy during the February 8 press conference in Anchorage.
After almost a year of negotiations, the Nome Public School Board and the Nome Education Association came to a three-year Certified Negotiation Agreement, or CNA. The proposed agreement, which includes increased salaries by 3 percent in 2024, and...
The Wolfpack’s Isaac Smith threads heavy defense as he makes his way to the hoop in the 2A State Championship Game.
Last weekend, Shaktoolik and Unalakleet made the region proud, bringing home two State Championship trophies from a successful weekend at the 1A and 2A Basketball States in Anchorage. The Shaktoolik Wolverines beat out Cook Inlet Academy 75-55 last...
Jessie Holmes running up the finish chute in Nome.
Jessie Holmes’ dream of winning the Iditarod came true when he pulled under the burled arch in Nome with 10 dogs in harness, on Friday morning at 2:55 a.m. Holmes finished the longest Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race of 1,128 miles in a time of 10 days...
Matt Hall is arriving in Unaklakleet in second place, on Tuesday, March 11.
Conventional Iditarod Trail Sled Dog races see a finish in Nome by Tuesday, but not so this year. A 130-mile longer trail, rerouted from the Iditarod trail to Fairbanks and thus mostly run on the Yukon River, and a later start contribute to the...
START YOUR ENGINES—Cody Sherman, winner of the Nome-Golovin race, starts his engine in front of a crowd of people waiting.
Cody Sherman won the Open-C Class competition and the overall race, in last Saturday’s Nome-Golovin 200 snowmachine race, in a time of 2 hours and 14 minutes. The race started on the beach by Swanberg Dredge at 1 p.m .on Saturday, March 8. Racers...
Bonanza Channel
On March 11, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources rejected Nevada-based IPOP LLC’s application for permits to mine for gold in the Bonanza Channel. The DNR’s decision document cited insufficient exploration data with limited exploration...
Teacher on the trail Maggie Hamilton with Unalakleet teacher Teri Paniptchuk.
Both 120 miles longer and with a later start due to rerouting the trail to start in Fairbanks, the usual timing of mushers arriving in checkpoints is at least two days later than the usual Iditarod routing. At the Unalakleet checkpoint on Tuesday,...
OFF THEY GO— Jason Mackey was the first of a field of 33 mushers in the 2025 Iditarod to dash off the ceremonial start line on 4th Avenue in Anchorage, on Saturday, March 1.
Thirty-three Iditarod sled dog teams made their way down 4th Avenue in Anchorage last Saturday, running a shortened three miles through the city for the ceremonial start of the 53rd Iditarod. With the route shortened from the usual 11 miles, the...
Photo by Anna Lionas LOVE ALASKA– A dog team mushes on the river, heading out of Fairbanks and to Nome, while a crowd of Fairbanksians move around on the frozen Chena River.
Even though the Iditarod race start was moved from Anchorage to Fairbanks this year, because of the lack of snow and warm temperatures in Southcentral all winter and bare dirt north of the Alaska Range, Fairbanks boasted 40°F with blazing sunshine...
CORRECTION: A correction was made to this article reflecting the fact that Kitty Sopow was fired from NOAA. She did not voluntarily retire. NOAA had wrong paperwork on her file, listing her as a Pathways Intern and all Pathway Interns were fired.  ...
Wilson Hoogendorn and Bubba McDaniel plan their wrench day strategy before the timer begins, on Wednesday, in Nome.
After a week of high speeds, high winds, and low snow in some places, the Iron Dog snowmachine race came to a close on Saturday. On February 22 Robby Schachle and Brad George crossed the finish line in Big Lake in first place, securing their second...
HOUSE FIRE–Rosanne Titus’ home caught fire and burned to the ground in the early hours of February 20.
A fire broke out in Mary “Rose Ann” Titus’ home during the early hours of February 20 with Titus, her granddaughter Venessa Koonooka and great-grandson Colton Koonooka-Kowchee inside. They managed to escape from a window, but Titus suffered burns...

Obituaries

July 29, 1960 – January 19, 2025
With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of our beloved mother, grandmother, aunt, sister and friend.  After a brief illness, Mona reunited with her husband in heaven for eternity on January...

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