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By Rick Thoman Alaska Climate Specialist Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy International Arctic Research Center/University of Alaska Fairbanks The Climate Prediction Center, a part of ...

By Rick Thoman Alaska Climate Specialist Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy International Arctic Research Center/University of Alaska Fairbanks Sea ice is rapidly melting in the Bering ...

By Diana Haecker In work session after work session, the Nome Common Council is fine combing the city’s fiscal year 2026 budget, trying to balance the budget while keeping services to citizens intact ...

By Diana Haecker In a series of meetings in Teller, Brevig Mission and Nome last week, Graphite One Alaska updated the public on their plans to develop a graphite mine on the northern slopes of the ...

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By Anna Lionas Local gold miner Shawn Pomerenke has an application out for a permit to mine for gold at a long-standing claim within city limits. Last week it was discovered some of the land he ...

By Laura Robertson This year, two Nome teams competed at the Native Youth Olympic Games in Anchorage during the state event held last weekend in April. As usual, Nome-Beltz sent a team to compete, but ...

Community members took to the streets during the May 5 Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Day march from City Hall to the Rec Center in Nome. Photo by Anna Lionas By Laura Robertson On Monday ...

Vaughn Keith Munn, 82, of Nome, Alaska, passed away peacefully at Providence Extended Care in Anchorage, Alaska on April 13, 2025, just two days shy of his 83rd birthday. He was cremated on April 16 ...

By Anna Lionas On April 23, Graphite One Inc. released the feasibility study for the planned graphite mine on the Seward Peninsula. With the study complete, the Canadian mining company can now begin ...

Despite a potential large reduction in funding from the city, the Nome Public Schools Board of Education approved the final budget for the 2025-2026 school year of $ 18.5 million, during a Tuesday ...