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Election Candidate Forum: US House Candidate Sarah Palin

Nome Nugget: What is your stance on abortion and what Congressional action would you support regarding abortion and/or contraception? Sarah Palin: I’m 100 percent pro-life and will always vote to...

Election Candidate Forum: US Senate Candidate Pat Chesbro

Nome Nugget: What is your stance on abortion and what Congressional action would you support regarding abortion and/or contraception? Pat Chesbro: I believe that health care, specifically...

Election Candidate Forum: US Senate Candidate Kelly Tshibaka

Nome Nugget: What is your stance on abortion and what Congressional action would you support regarding abortion and/or contraception? Kelly Tshibaka: The Supreme Court has placed decisions on...

US Senator (incumbent and candidate) Lisa Murkowski

Election Candidate Forum: US Senate incumbent Lisa Murkowski

U.S. Senate race: Incumbent Lisa Murkowski Nome Nugget: What is your stance on abortion and what Congressional action would you support regarding abortion and/or contraception? Lisa Murkowski: I...

Regina Cheemuk and Rodney Niksik pose in their costumes while waiting in line Friday night.

Junior Class Halloween Carnival returns

After three years of other horrors, the junior class carnival finally returned to Nome for Halloween. Eager to trade one kind of mask for another, kids and their families packed the Nome Elementary...

CONGRESWOMAN — Rep. Mary Peltola received a joyful welcome at this year’s AFN convention, her first since winning election to the U.S. House.

AFN rallies behind Peltola at first in-person convention since 2019

By Megan Gannon Last Thursday morning, thousands gathered in the Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center in downtown Anchorage for the first in-person gathering of the Alaska Federation of Natives...

OATH OF OFFICE— Nome Mayor John Handeland administers the oath of office to new Nome Common Council member Cameron Piscoya, during Monday’s regular council meeting.

Common Council hears of rising energy costs

By Diana Haecker The Nome Common Council welcomed two new members to the panel: Councilman-elect Cameron Piscoya was sworn in to serve a three-year term and Kellie Miller took the oath of office to...

ATIE JOHN AWARD — Roy Ashenfelter of Nome received the Katie John Hunter-Fisher Award at AFN.

Regional residents receive prestigious AFN awards

By Megan Gannon Last Thursday afternoon at the convention of the Alaska Federation of Natives, Alaska’s Gov. Mike Dunleavy took the stage with his wife Rose to present the annual Shirley Demientieff...

Bo Adams was found dead on Oct. 12 after having been reported overdue in the morning of Oct. 11.

Help didn’t come in time to rescue overdue boater

By Diana Haecker A Nome man who was reported overdue as he was traveling by boat from Koyuk to Nome on Monday, October 10, was found dead by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter search crew two days later...

Man arrested for shooting off gun in city limits

By Diana Haecker A man was arrested for shooting off his gun in a residential area in Nome on Sunday night. Four shots were ringing out in the middle of the night, waking up residents near the 900...