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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released the 2016 Arctic Report Card on December 13. The report gives an overall summary of vital Arctic statistics from the period of October 2015...
The Alaska Judicial Council nominated Romano DiBenedetto of Fairbanks and John Earthman of Nome for Governor Bill Walker’s consideration to appoint a new judge for the Nome Superior Court.
The...
Last week, President Barack Obama issued an Executive Order that created a so-called Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience area, spanning from the Kuskokwim Bay to northeast of Shishmaref, all the...
A measure that would bar all candidates who owe undisputed debts to the City of Nome from elected or appointed offices failed to gain approval at the Dec. 12 Nome Common Council meeting. When the...
The Nome-Beltz band and choir, under the direction of Musical Director Ron Horner, kicked off the Christmas season with several musical performances.
The centerpiece to their merrymaking occurred at...
The Arctic Council, presently headed by the United States, has produced the 240-page Arctic Resilience Assessment, ARA for short, a study of global implications of accelerated climate change in the...
Hundreds of people from near and far streamed into the Nome Rec Center for the 2016 Firemen’s Carnival on Saturday night.
The main fundraiser for the Nome Volunteer Fire Department once again drew...
The National Snow and Ice Data Center reports that after a quick initial freeze-up during the second half of September, ice growth slowed substantially during early October.
“On October 20, 2016,...
The Alaska Judicial Council is scheduled to arrive in Nome next week to interview candidates for the open Superior Court Judge position in Nome.
The Nome court had to rely on judges from other...
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...