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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...
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...
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...
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.  But today...
PACKED– The Fireman’s Carnival drew a big crowd, on December 6, 2025.
Nomeites and visitors from around the region packed the Rec Center last Saturday night for the annual Fireman’s Carnival. People jostled for space at the bingo tables, waited in line for face paint,...
TOPKOK CABIN— NKC maintains the Topkok Shelter cabin and last week leveled the building after its foundation had shifted.
The Nome Kennel Club met for their annual meeting last Thursday. The club is the world’s oldest kennel club, established in 1907. The club discussed successes from last year, held elections for board...
Researchers with the University of Michigan develop a sea ice formation prediction tool.
Researchers with the University of Michigan are working on a three-year project to enhance short-term sea ice forecasting. The university’s Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research, CIGLR for...
HOLIDAY BAZAAR—  Asaaluk Nichols and Tiffany Clark are selling earrings, headbands, and other art from a table in the gymnasium at the annual Nome Preschool Holiday Bazaar on Saturday, November 29, 2025.
Vendors at the annual Holiday Bazaar said that business had been good this year, even as the price of their raw materials has incrementally been creeping up.  Organized annually by the Nome...
RESOLUTION— Brevig Mission Mayor William Kakoona signed a resolution opposing Graphite One, along with the presidents of the tribe and Native corporation of Brevig Mission, on Saturday, Nov. 21.
As the public comment period on a major permit application for the proposed graphite mine in the northern Kigluaik Mountains winds down, the nearest communities that would be affected by the mine are...
NOME WILL GET BUSY— Kiewit representative Dan Petersen presented the timeline for the first phase of the Port of Nome expansion. Next year, he said, the bulk of operations will be to mine rocks from Cape Nome and truck them to town.
With the first phase of the Port of Nome expansion beginning next year, representatives of Kiewit — the general contractor for the project — along with Bering Straits Native Corporation and the...

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