Flying fast on long slender wings over the rich, cold waters of the Bering Sea, hundreds of thousands of short-tailed shearwaters are fattening up for a marathon trans-equatorial migration to their breeding grounds in southern Australia.
Alaska Airlines has again put an embargo on freight shipped to Nome from Anchorage until September 26. According to Alaska Air spokesperson Tim Thompson, the embargo began September 18. "Due to ongoing freighter maintenance, Alaska Air Cargo has...
On September 17, a crowd of patients, families and Norton Sound Health Corporation board members gathered in the newly expanded Quyanna Care Center, or QCC, to celebrate the ribbon cutting of the new space.
The $43.5 million project effectively...
Last week’s meeting of the Nome Port Commission was well attended by those with opinions on what to do about the storage issue on the lower industrial pad at the Port of Nome. In a work session before the meeting, over a dozen port users piped up...
On September 10, a row of high schoolers seated in the King Island Native Community Hall introduced themselves hesitantly in Inupiaq, listing off the names of their parents, grandparents and where they lived. The students were attending part of...
The Nome Common Council was split on passing an ordinance in second reading that leases city property at the small boat harbor to Norton Sound Economic Development. It was not the lease itself that caused vigorous debate prior to the split vote, it...
Nome’s moose hunting season wrapped up fast. Good weather in the first few days of September may have contributed to the fast harvest in Game Units 22C and 22D Kuzitrin/Southwest.
Hunting in Game Unit 22D remainder opened August 10 and closed...
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The Nanook Cross Country team traveled to Kotzebue last weekend to compete in the Kotzebue Invitational. The traveling team consisted of eight high school boys, four high school girls, three middle school girls and one middle school boy.
When...
The Lady Nanooks faced off against the Kotzebue Huskies last Saturday at the Nome-Beltz High School gym. In a sweep, both the junior varsity and varsity Nanooks defeated the Huskies twice. The teams played in games early on Saturday afternoon and...
Just like in 2024, residents of Nome were joined by cruise ship passengers for the Labor Day festivities. At high noon sharp, three teams lined up bathtubs festooned with streamers, ready for the Great Labor Day Bathtub Race.
Team Rota-Tub, pushing...
A 15-year-old fisherman is the only survivor of a maritime tragedy involving a crew of three who departed Savoonga in a small fishing vessel on Friday, Sept. 4, and were reported missing on Sunday at 2:30 pm.
On Monday afternoon, U.S. Coast Guard...
On invitation by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the federal entity overseeing the Port of Nome expansion project, City of Nome officials and representatives of the phase 1A contractor Kiewit, gathered at the causeway on Wednesday morning, Sept. 2...
Thick fog Saturday morning led to weather delays for the annual Nome-Beltz Musk Ox Classic cross country run meet, held on trails behind the Nome-Beltz campus.
The first race of the day was the Nome Elementary Running Club race, delayed by around...
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