ON THE CAUSEWAY— Nome Port Director Joy Baker speaks to Busan Mayor  Heong-Joon Park and Head Consul Joongsuk Park of the Korean consulate in Anchorage at the end of the port causeway on Tuesday, January 6.
Representatives from the South Korean city of Busan, the country’s largest port, visited Nome on January 6 to tour port facilities and discuss opportunities for economic, shipping and academic exchanges.
Members of the Diomede Dateliners cheerleading squad pose for a photo during practice inside the school gym.
More than a century ago, the United States embarked on an ambitious project to educate Alaska Natives in some of the most remote places. That goal has been met with challenges ever since. 
SUNNY VIEW—Breakfast customers finish their meal as late-morning sunshine floods the Polar Cub Café on the morning of Sunday, November 23. The restaurant will close for meal service on Friday, November 28.
The Polar Cub Café’s 50-year run has come to an end. On Friday, November 28, the storied restaurant will close for meal service. 
STATE OF THE SCHOOLS— Nome School District Superintendent Jamie Burgess delivered the state of the schools address at the Nome Common Council on Monday, Nov. 10.
Nome Public Schools Superintendent Jamie Burgess delivered the annual State of the Schools address to the Nome Common Council’s work session on Monday, November 10.
GRAPPLING— Nanook Kive Shannon and Qyren Jones of Galena compete for the 126-lbs championship title at the Dudley Homelvig Scramble on Friday, November 7, 2025. Shannon ended up winning the bout.
Fifteen wrestling teams descended on the Nome-Beltz High School gymnasium last week for the second annual Dudley Homelvig Scramble competing in a three-day tournament that stretched from Thursday to Saturday afternoon.
ON THE CAUSEWAY— Nome Port Director Joy Baker speaks to Busan Mayor  Heong-Joon Park and Head Consul Joongsuk Park of the Korean consulate in Anchorage at the end of the port causeway on Tuesday, January 6.
Out with the old, in with the new. Fireworks held at Nome's Middle Beach rang in the New Year 2026.
Members of the Diomede Dateliners cheerleading squad pose for a photo during practice inside the school gym.
SUNNY VIEW—Breakfast customers finish their meal as late-morning sunshine floods the Polar Cub Café on the morning of Sunday, November 23. The restaurant will close for meal service on Friday, November 28.
STATE OF THE SCHOOLS— Nome School District Superintendent Jamie Burgess delivered the state of the schools address at the Nome Common Council on Monday, Nov. 10.
GRAPPLING— Nanook Kive Shannon and Qyren Jones of Galena compete for the 126-lbs championship title at the Dudley Homelvig Scramble on Friday, November 7, 2025. Shannon ended up winning the bout.
ON THE CAUSEWAY— Nome Port Director Joy Baker speaks to Busan Mayor  Heong-Joon Park and Head Consul Joongsuk Park of the Korean consulate in Anchorage at the end of the port causeway on Tuesday, January 6.
Representatives from the South Korean city of Busan, the country’s largest port, visited Nome on January 6 to tour port facilities and discuss opportunities for economic, shipping and academic exchanges. The delegation was led by  Heong-Joon Park,...
 A male student at Nome-Beltz Middle High School has been charged with Terroristic Threatening in the second degree and Misconduct involving weapons in the fourth degree after being taken into custody the morning of January 6 after bringing a...
MATCHUP – Cohen Booth and Peyton Weyiouanna go for the ball during the Nanooks’ game against the Valdez Buccaneers at the Subway Showdown on Saturday, January 10.
Basketball fans from near and far packed the Den of the Nanooks last weekend as the annual Subway Showdown basketball tournament was underway. Teams from Unalakleet, Valdez and Soldotna traveled to Nome to duke it out with the Nanooks in a round...
PUBLIC COMMENT— Taxi driver Steven Longley provides comments during last Monday’s city council meeting.
Since January 1, no legal taxi cabs were running on Nome’s roads as the only taxi company Checker Cab has chosen to suspend their operations and to not reapply for their six cab licenses that they held until the end of 2025. This became a problem...
Bering Straits Native Corporation faces criticism from shareholders regarding the corporation’s involvement in federal contracts to aid in the detention and removal of asylum seekers, illegal immigrants and migrants.  BSNC has in the past ten years...
Out with the old, in with the new. Fireworks held at Nome's Middle Beach rang in the New Year 2026.
  January   No snow! January started out with ice glazed roads, brown tundra and no snow to be seen. Winter trails were non-existent and thoughts of skiing, dog mushing and traveling by snow mobile remained wishful thinking. This is particularly...
NO DAIRY— Freight problems caused low inventory in Nome stores.
Empty shelves at Nome’s grocery stores last week bore witness to a severe backlog of freight that didn’t make it to Nome for the holidays. Starting last week, Alaska Air Cargo has stopped accepting new freight in Anchorage until their cargo backlog...
In a speech last week, President Donald Trump said that the U.S. economy is doing well. “Tonight, after 11 months, our border is secure inflation has stopped, wages are up, prices are down, our nation is strong, America is respected, and our country...
CHORUS – The Nome-Beltz Middle High School Chorus performs at the Winter Concert at the Nome Elementary School on Tuesday, December 16.
Community members gathered in the Nome Elementary School gymnasium on Tuesday, December 16 evening for the Nome-Beltz Middle High School Winter Concert. As the room slowly filled with parents and families, the middle and high school bands occupied...
Sea ice is forming later and breaking up earlier. Pictured is the forming of sea ice in front of Nome last week.
Twenty years ago, the first Arctic Report Card was released by scientists who observed a rapidly changing Arctic and who keenly felt the need to provide updates of those changes to the public, said Climate Specialist Rick Thoman during a press...
TALLYING UP— Marcus Simeonoff counts his catch while Vivian Bloodgood watches. The students were on a field trip with Sarah Liben’s science class to the inner harbor on Friday, December 12, 2025.
Last Friday, a group of Nome-Beltz high school students decked out in their winter gear stood in two rows, fishing for tomcod in the Nome Inner Harbor. The kids weren’t playing hooky. The fishing was part of a larger unit that science teacher Sarah...
CONTRABAND – Nome-Beltz Middle High School principal Teriscovkya Smith brought a box of vapes, dab pens and other illicit substances taken from students to the December school board meeting on Tuesday, December 9, 2025.
Discussion of finances and the ever-present vaping problem at Nome Beltz Middle High School took center stage at the December school board meeting last Tuesday, December 9. NBMHS Principal Teriscovkya Smith told the board that she has about $300...

Obituaries

Feb. 16, 1963 – December 13, 2025
Doreen “Kutasraaq’’ Schenkenberger passed onto her next journey into the afterlife of colon cancer on December 13, 2025 at the age...

Education

CHORUS – The Nome-Beltz Middle High School Chorus performs at the Winter Concert at the Nome Elementary School on Tuesday, December 16.

Community members gathered in the Nome Elementary School gymnasium on Tuesday, December 16 evening for the Nome-Beltz Middle High School Winter Concert.

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