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Senate and House representatives from the Nome area have powerful positions on legislative finance committees but their opportunities will be to protect rural Alaska from cuts rather than to bring...
A brand new fire truck complementing Nome Volunteer Fire Department’s fleet rolled off the last barge a month ago and was formally blessed on Saturday, November 19.
Fire chief Jim West Jr. gathered...
Nancy made Nome home and to that end she wanted to make Nome a better place to live. From her volunteering to her award winning journalism, she always put Nome first. Politicians from all over...
In my first real job, I worked for Nancy in the summers as a photo editor and office assistant. One summer, when a big news story broke out, the Nugget turned into a flurry. She had informants all...
Nancy knew all she had to do was dangle the prospect of sitting at her table surrounded by her lively and intelligent friends for a king crab feast, and I would come running. No one held court like...
Waves of surprising height and ferocity sheared the four legs off a Phoenix Marine jack-up gold dredge on Nov. 17.
The crippled barge sat grounded Friday east of the causeway, while Phoenix Marine...
As Americans we hold close the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the Constitution of the United States. The first of those amendments includes freedom of religion, the freedom of speech and...
“My memories of Nancy are the things of the heart; that was the world she lived in. Temper that with an iron but pragmatic will, a keen interest in the natural world, a respect for others, and then...
The electoral victory for president-elect Donald J. Trump and the surprising defeat of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton did not reflect how bush Alaska, including Nome and the region, voted in...
An opportunity to experience something new led to a discovery unlike anything anyone had ever seen in Unalakleet last week.
Brad Webster, Unalakleet junior high teacher and Covenant Bible Camp...