It’s finally summertime which means Speedy the snake will have Nome Elementary School to himself for a few months. The 8 foot long, black with yellow spots, non-venomous python is one of the most ...

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 ...

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 ...

Photo by Jim Dau By Kate Persons Raptors are famous for dramatic and aerobatic courtship displays, and to my eyes, the northern harrier wins the gold. The extraordinary sky dance of a male harrier is ...

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By Anna Lionas State Sen. Donny Olson (D-Golovin) is still recovering from a health issue earlier this year that took him out of the legislative session for six weeks. Olson returned to the state ...

LOVE ALASKA– A dog team mushes on the river, heading out of Fairbanks and to Nome, while a crowd of Fairbanksians move around on the frozen Chena. Photo By Anna Lionas DOG CROSSING–Traffic holds off ...

By Peter Loewi After weeks of speculating on the amount of the anticipated price increase, the prices of fuel and diesel are no longer below the five-dollar mark. On Wednesday, July 6, Bonanza Fuel in ...

MaryAnn Davis, a lifelong Alaskan, went to be with the Lord on January 29, 2024, with her family by her side. She was born on October 4, 1940 in Teller, Alaska, to the late Paul and Etta Tocktoo. She ...

Conventional Iditarod Trail Sled Dog races see a finish in Nome by Tuesday, but not so this year. A 130-mile longer trail, rerouted from the Iditarod trail to Fairbanks and thus mostly run on the ...

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is considering lifting a set of land protections that could potentially open millions of acres in Alaska to mineral entry and state management. Some of the lands ...