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Nancy McGuire shows off a Nome Nugget newspaper during the 2016 Iditarod banquet In March in Anchorage.
In her editorial today, Nancy McGuire, editor and publisher of the Nome Nugget newspaper, bid an affectionate farewell to all. Fighting a valiant battle with cancer for over a decade, Nancy passed...
Last month, six Arctic indigenous representatives from Alaska, Canada and Russia traveled to London and addressed the International Maritime Organization during their Marine Environment Protection...
Mayor Richard Beneville congratulates Mark Johnson who won the Nov. 1 runoff election against incumbent Matt Culley for Nome Common Council Seat F. The council met Nov. 3 at the new Richard Foster...
By Amanda Tördal October proved to be a very warm month for Nome, with temperatures high enough to break three daily records, plus one record tie. Throughout Alaska, higher temperatures were seen across the board, even up to Barrow.  According to the National Weather Service, the monthly average temperature in Barrow for the month of October was the warmest on record, at 30.1°F. For the first time in recorded weather history the daily high temperatures in Barrow were on average 33.5°F, above the freezing le
October proved to be a very warm month for Nome, with temperatures high enough to break three daily records, plus one record tie. Throughout Alaska, higher temperatures were seen across the board,...
Polar climate change has brought along opportunities for diverse organizations to work together to meet the needs of sustainable development. Sustainability is a word buzzing through talk about...
KING ISLAND CARVERS - Inside the King Island Carving Studio in Nome, Thomas Barr and Matthew Tiulana are focused on their artwork. Pictured on the left, Barr is polishing mammoth ivory jewelry. On the right, Tiulana is repairing a walrus bone piece.
As concerned Alaska Natives raise their voices in opposition to domestic ivory ban laws passed in a growing number of states, the entire ivory carving community remains uncertain about the future of...
Mark Johnson won common council seat F in last Tuesday's runoff election.
Unofficial results of the November 1 municipal runoff election between Nome Common Council seat F incumbent Matt Culley and challenger Mark Johnson suggest that Johnson won by a significant margin....
RIBBON CUTTING— Rep. Neal Foster, left, and Nome Mayor Richard Beneville, right, cut the ribbon at the grand opening ceremony of the Richard Foster Building on Friday, Oct. 28. Looking on are Jimmy Foster, left, Hoa-Nih Foster, right, and Iris Magnell.
As a bona fide fall storm with high winds and gusts peaking at 55 mph ripped through the region, the invited guests to the opening ceremony blew through the glass doors of the newly built Richard...
OLD MUSEUM— The old museum building on Front Street has housed the Carrie M. McLain Memorial Museum and the Kegoayah Kozga Librarty for almost 50 years.
As a home for thousands of artifacts and decades of history, the Carrie M. McLain Memorial Museum in Nome has made its mark on residents, passersby and tourists throughout the years. Remarkable in...
FIELD HEARING—  Dr. Rosita “Kaahani” Worl, of the Sealaska Heritage Institute, Tara Sweeney, executive vice president Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, Susie Silook, ivory carver from St. Lawrence Island and Margaret Williams, managing director Arctic Program for World Wildlife Fund, testified at a field hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Fishers, Water and Wildlife during the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention on Oct. 21. 
Federal laws banning the sale, use or possession of ivory from African elephants are now having a “chilling effect” in the U.S. on Alaska Natives who legally utilize walrus, mammoth and mastodon...

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