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A newly formed ad hoc cemetery committee met with the public in an open house format last week to invite input for a more organized and orderly future of the Nome Municipal Cemetery.
“We need to...
The Port of Nome Commission met July 21 to consider how to spend remaining grant funds for further development.
Out of a general obligation bond for $10 million provided to the port some years back...
The Nome Common Council has taken action to continue to rid the community of derelict structures.
On a list of 52 structures, a resolution listed five candidates to be cleaned up or torn down. Thus...
Esau Sinnok of Shishmaref was one of ten people selected by the White House as a Champion of Change for Climate Equity. The program was created as an opportunity for the White House to honor...
Norton Sound
Crab
The commercial summer red king crab fishery closed at 6 a.m. Wednesday, July 20. The previous weekend catches had slowed to a crawl with the crabbers unable to get to their gear...
Representatives from the Nome Emergency Shelter Team, Norton Sound Regional Hospital, the City of Nome and several Alaska Native corporations met with Nate Richmond, President of Blueline Development...
The Nome Planning Commission has sifted through grids and charts for hours in two work sessions to determine where Nome’s 2008 zoning law allows budding entrepreneurs to establish marijuana...
Local voters will have a chance to cast a yea or nay vote at the next municipal election concerning a summer sales tax increase. The City of Nome has been exploring additional revenue sources; the...
On July 8, the family and friends of the late Franklin Okleasik gathered at the Bonanza Fuel’s tank farm as the City of Nome dedicated the road to the tank farm to be named Franklin D. Okleasik...
The second session of the Norton Sound Regional Hospital CAMP Department’s Summercise program started on Monday, July 11.
In its 16th year, the program strives to keep Nome’s children occupied...