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No active COVID cases in Nome and region

By Peter Loewi Alaska saw a spike in COVID-19 infections last week, with the June 22 data summary from the Department of Health and Social Services reporting 3,016 new cases, an almost 25 percent...

RUNWAY CONSTRUCTION— The runway 10-28 is undergoing construction work, and will be closed for airtraffic until August 1.

Bad weather and runway construction cause flight delays

By Peter Loewi Low visibility, strong south winds and construction on the 10-28 runway, the main runway, caused flight delays, diversions and cancellations in and out of Nome Airport last week. The...

Front STreet in Nome, shrouded in smoke from wildfires 400 miles to the south.

Smoke smothers Seward Peninsula and points north

Nomeites woke up to the stinging smell of freshly burned wood and the sight of dense fog that actually was smoke from two wildfires burning 430 miles south of Nome, near Lake Illiamna. The National...

TO BE TESTED—A pair of murres, a glaucous gull and a spectacled eider are prepared to be sent out to a lab to be tested for avian influenza.

Regional birds sent to lab to be tested for avian flu

By Megan Gannon Last Friday morning, Gay Sheffield was packing a cooler in the science lab at the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Northwest Campus in Nome. She was not preparing for a weekend at...

COVID cases on the rise again

By Peter Loewi Active cases in the region rose to 23 last Friday, the highest in over two months. Cases appear to go down over the weekend because less testing is done but tend to rise towards the...

PARADE—Warm and sunny weather graced Saturday’s Midnight Sun Parade, drawing a large crowd looking for fun, games and candy.

Midnight sun shines on Nome’s solstice festivities

By Peter Loewi and Megan Gannon When the day lasts forever, why shouldn’t the festivities? The 2022 Midnight Sun Festival ran from Wednesday, June 15 through Sunday, June 19, and featured food, bank...

Council passes budgets, ok’s MOU for 3D housing printing

By Diana Haecker The Nome Common Council swiftly and without much comment from the public passed in second readings the fiscal year 2023 budgets for the city’s general fund, the school debt service...

City manager reflects on lessons learned from COVID-19

By Peter Loewi Over the weekend, the Food and Drug Administration released briefing documents saying that the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines safely produced immune responses in children under the age...

The Nome Court sentenced John Aluska to 10 years of incarceration related to a “parade of horrors” he committed against his family at a remote riverside fish camp near Stebbins two years ago.

A ‘horrific day’ of violence at fish camp leads to 10 years in jail

By Megan Gannon Last week, the Nome Court sentenced a Stebbins man to 10 years of incarceration related to a “parade of horrors” he committed against his family at a remote riverside fish camp near...

two Nome moms, Krystal Hensley and Renee Joyce, stepped up to organize a new event, called Mizuktata, which means “Let’s drink juice!” in Iñupiaq as the official Lemonade Day was cancelled for Alaska..

Without an official Lemonade Day, Nomeites will drink juice

As Midnight Sun festivities get underway, kids will set up stands throughout Nome this Saturday, June 18 to sell beverages and baked goods as part of a new event called Mizuktata, which means “Let’s...