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Superintendent Jamie Burgess delivered her annual State of the Schools report to Mayor John Handeland and the Nome Common Council before their regular council meeting last Monday. Burgess discussed successes and struggles at each of the schools and general difficulties experienced by the district due to the state government’s flat...

Snow is on the ground, hopefully here to stay, and we hear the roar of snowmachines reverberating through town. It is the sound of winter, as is the howl of a dog team. The message of co-existence on the trail needs to be spread to every person who is out there in the big white open, traveling by motorized means or by dog team, fat bike, skies or snowshoes.

Lincoln Trigg, Sr, known as LT, was born in Nome to Arthur and Eva Trigg. He was 84-years-old when he passed peacefully at Norton Sound Regional Hospital in Nome. LT was raised at Cape Nome, living a subsistence lifestyle hunting and gathering from the land, rivers, and sea. During the spring and summers, the family hunted oogruk, seals and birds, and fished for salmon, while living at Cape Nome.

Five international teachers were set to begin the 2023 school year at Nome Public Schools, but three months later their arrival date is estimated for December, pending the approval of H1-B visas. The process of bringing the teachers to Nome began in late summer. Nome Public Schools paid a fee...

The fall moose hunt around Nome has been ultra-competitive in recent years. Hunters in Game Management Unit 22C know that each September they have only a short window to find a bull. For the last five years, about 100 hunters have received permits to compete for a quota of just 16 to 25 moose. The hunt opens on the first of the month and typically gets closed by an emergency order just a day or two later. Many subsistence users are left without a chance at harvesting hundreds of pounds of good meat for their families in a place where the cost of food is high.

During its regular meeting last Thursday, Nome’s Port Commission heard that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is finalizing its call for bids from contractors to work on the first phase of the port’s expansion. The Corps released a draft solicitation package on Sam.gov on Nov. 3. The...

A 27-year-old woman was found unresponsive behind the shuttered Nugget Inn hotel at the seawall, on Sunday, November 5 in the early morning hours, and was later pronounced dead at Norton Sound Regional hospital. According to acting Nome Police Chief Will Crockett, the authorities identified her as Marissa Slwooko of...

Alaska's week has been a blend of concern and beauty, starting with a string of suspicious fires investigated by the Nome Police Department. The Nome Nugget reports a troubling pattern, with the most recent fire damaging property along Steadman Street. Authorities are calling for public assistance to shed light on these incidents, which have left the community of Nome on high alert.

Norton Sound Health Corporation is in talks with the City of Nome to take over the city’s volunteer ambulance service and bring it under the health corporation’s umbrella. The City of Nome has provided the ambulance service staffed by volunteers and a limited number of paid EMT employees. After repeated complaints by the public that the ambulance either doesn’t show up or arrives late, the council has called for a work session on the topic and discussed last Monday. City Manager Glenn Steckman said that the expectations of the public are high. “Can the Volunteer Ambulance Department provide that?”

Briday Green of Nome and Eric Hoffman of Bethel are pleased to announce their wedding on November 4, 2023 at 4 p.m. at the Methodist Church in Nome, Alaska. Briday’s brother Stacey Green officiated the wedding. Briday’s uncle Bobby Bahnke and her son Daxton Raymon walked her down the aisle. Ringbearer was Perry Green. Mary Reader was the maid of honor and Colin McDonald was the best man.

A winter storm last Sunday with peak winds at 46 mph as reported by the National Weather Service, blanketed Nome with snow, but rising temperatures and wind-driven rain turned the snow into slush. The icy conditions and snow wreaked havoc on travel plans, causing flight cancellations and a delayed school start on Monday.

Five international teachers were set to begin the 2023 school year at Nome Public Schools, but three months later their arrival date is estimated for December, pending the approval of H1-B visas. The process of bringing the teachers to Nome began in late summer. Nome Public Schools paid a fee...

The fall moose hunt around Nome has been ultra-competitive in recent years. Hunters in Game Management Unit 22C know that each September they have only a short window to find a bull. For the last five years, about 100 hunters have received permits to compete for a quota of just 16 to 25 moose. The hunt opens on the first of the month and typically gets closed by an emergency order just a day or two later. Many subsistence users are left without a chance at harvesting hundreds of pounds of good meat for their families in a place where the cost of food is high.

A 27-year-old woman was found unresponsive behind the shuttered Nugget Inn hotel at the seawall, on Sunday, November 5 in the early morning hours, and was later pronounced dead at Norton Sound Regional hospital. According to acting Nome Police Chief Will Crockett, the authorities identified her as Marissa Slwooko of...

Nome Public Schools Board of Education held a special meeting Tuesday to interview candidates Jon Gregg, Kenneth Hughes and Paul Kosto for the open board seat left by former president of the board Sandra Martinson. After the interviews, which were held in public session, the board selected Jon Gregg to...

Nome police are investigating four suspicious fires that occurred in the same general vicinity in Nome over the course of the past month, with the latest fire consuming a storage shed and leaping to the adjacent residence of Randy Oles on Steadman St. in the early morning hours of Tuesday, November 7.

Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation’s board of directors met last week Nome for the third quarter meeting during the week of October 30. One new board member and four current board members were sworn in following the October 3 elections. Brevig Mission elected Frieda Southall, Diomede reelected Francis Ozenna; Shaktoolik reelected Harvey Sookiayak; Unalakleet reelected Frank Katchatag and White Mountain reelected Dan Harrelson.

Norton Sound Health Corporation is in talks with the City of Nome to take over the city’s volunteer ambulance service and bring it under the health corporation’s umbrella. The City of Nome has provided the ambulance service staffed by volunteers and a limited number of paid EMT employees. After repeated complaints by the public that the ambulance either doesn’t show up or arrives late, the council has called for a work session on the topic and discussed last Monday. City Manager Glenn Steckman said that the expectations of the public are high. “Can the Volunteer Ambulance Department provide that?”

Briday Green of Nome and Eric Hoffman of Bethel are pleased to announce their wedding on November 4, 2023 at 4 p.m. at the Methodist Church in Nome, Alaska. Briday’s brother Stacey Green officiated the wedding. Briday’s uncle Bobby Bahnke and her son Daxton Raymon walked her down the aisle. Ringbearer was Perry Green. Mary Reader was the maid of honor and Colin McDonald was the best man.

A winter storm last Sunday with peak winds at 46 mph as reported by the National Weather Service, blanketed Nome with snow, but rising temperatures and wind-driven rain turned the snow into slush. The icy conditions and snow wreaked havoc on travel plans, causing flight cancellations and a delayed school start on Monday.