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HOW IT WORKS — Mrun Pathare, a research assistant at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, explains how the Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB) works.
High swell was rocking the R/V Sikuliaq in the Port of Nome on June 13. The research vessel has a lot of state-of-the-art features, but the group of Nomeites who boarded the ship that afternoon made...
By Megan Gannon When Nome begins to green-up, the musk oxen come back to town. As they graze on patches of grass, often within city limits, people are on alert for potentially dangerous encounters...
APAYAUQ — Apayauq Reitan sits at a table at her parents’ home in Nome to discuss her new documentary.
Snow was blowing hard in downtown Anchorage on the morning of the Iditarod ceremonial start in 2022 as 24-year-old Iñupiaq musher Apayauq Reitan hoisted a blue, pink and white transgender pride flag...
A sign at City Hall in Nome informs that the City Clerk cannot take payments, on Monday, June 12, due to an internet outage.
On Sunday, Nomeites noticed that their internet wasn’t working and that cell service was spottier than usual. By midmorning, it was clear that something bigger than just a temporary outage had...
RABID MOOSE— Jeston Weyanna captured a video of a moose walking through Teller in a staggering gait, and a foaming mouth, on Friday, June 2.
A moose that was killed in Teller last week had been infected with rabies, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game confirmed. This case marks the first record of rabies in a moose in the state. Last...
HOMETOWN HEROES — Nome celebrated the Hoogendorn brothers’ big win of the reality TV competition series “Race to Survive,” on Monday at the Katirvik Cultural Center.
Oliver and Wilson Hoogendorn arrived to a wave of enthusiastic applause at Katirvik Cultural Center on Monday evening. Over the last ten weeks, viewers across the country had been watching the...
The Nome Police Department reported that Roberta Tokeinna, 42, was found deceased at the seawall on Monday evening. According to a Nome Police Department press release, officers responded at 6:37 p....
DOE VISIT — Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy David Turk speaks with NJUS's Ken Morton during his visit to Nome.
David Turk, the deputy secretary for the U.S. Department of Energy, stopped in Nome and Teller during a visit to Alaska last week. Recent legislation has put more federal funds toward the clean...
MEMORIAL DAY— Despite snow showers, a good crowd participated in the 2023 Memorial Day parade in Nome on Monday.
At 11 o’clock on May 29, only a small crowd had gathered in the snowy weather to see the Memorial Day parade march down Front Street. But as the parade made its way towards the Nome Cemetery, more...
Gail Schubert
In a letter to shareholders, Bering Straits Native Corporation announced that as of last Friday, May 26, President and CEO Gail Schubert no longer serves in these leadership roles, but that she will...

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