By Diana Haecker After eight months of temporary city managers at the helm of city hall, the City of Nome hired last month William “Lee” Smith III, 61, on a five-year contract to head the city’s ...

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 Faculty, dignitaries and families joined the Class of 2025 at Old St. Joe’s on Thursday, May 8, as 41 students — not all present — graduated from University of Alaska Fairbank’s ...

By Anna Lionas Sitting as the Board of Equalization, Nome Common Council members sat down for a hearing last week between Norton Sound Health Corporation lawyers and an attorney for the City to review ...

The Nome Common Council it its Monday regular meeting extended a local emergency ordinance that gives the city manager the authority to “take necessary actions to reduce the impact and spread of ...

By Anna Lionas The Alaska Legislature is working to finalize a tight state operating budget for 2026 with just over a week to go until the regular session is scheduled to end on May 21. The latest ...

The Nome Common Council it its Monday regular meeting extended a local emergency ordinance that gives the city manager the authority to “take necessary actions to reduce the impact and spread of ...

The Nome Common Council will again on March 28 consider a rate increase of 10 percent across the board at Port of Nome. At its last meeting earlier in March, the panel tabled a vote on a revised port.

The Nome Common Council it its Monday regular meeting extended a local emergency ordinance that gives the city manager the authority to “take necessary actions to reduce the impact and spread of ...

Richard Brian Schulling was born to his parents Russell and Betty (Curran) Tootkaylok on September 22, 1969 in Anchorage, Alaska. Richard was born as the baby brother to Ray, Robert, Clara and Ruth ...

Abunaat/Atqaq, Esther Bourdon, was born April 12, 1929 in the Tupqabruk (Teller), raised in Kifigan (Wales) and passed away peacefully on September 23, 2021 in Siqnasuak (Nome). Esther was the seventh ...

Caroline Mina McLain Reader was born at home, on Belmont Point, Nome, Alaska on September 6, 1928. She arrived around midnight on the 5 th but during the excitement of her birth, they forgot to look ...