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Nome continues search for new port director
The City of Nome is still on the hunt for a qualified candidate to take on the role of port director. Joy Baker retired from her longtime position as port director a year ago. She has, however, stayed on with the City as a project manager for the port. In that role, she has continued to shepherd Nome’s partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the massive project to expand the port.
UAF Northwest Campus honors 33 graduates at Commencement
It was all Pomp & Circumstance in Old St. Joes last Thursday night, May 9, as family and friends gathered for the University of Alaska Northwest Campus graduation ceremony. Eleven of the 33 graduates were present to receive degrees and certificates ranging from General Education to Master’s. Dr. Barb...
Robert Lenard Mocan
Robert Mocan passed away on May 1, 2024, at Quyanna Care Center, in Nome, Alaska. He was born in Juneau, Alaska on April 7, 1953, to Marie Tate and Robert Heagle. Later, he and his brother Ray were adopted by Frances and Marvin Mocan. Bob grew up in Anchorage, but...
Veteran musher Ramey Smyth to rebuild Iditarod’s collapsed Burled Arch in Nome
The Iditarod Trail Committee announced that veteran musher Ramey Smyth will build the new Burled Arch for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The selection comes after the previous arch, a fixture of the race’s finish line in Nome, collapsed unexpectedly on April 28. Smyth has a long history...
Nome marks Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Day
More than 100 children and adults marched from Nome’s City Hall to the Rec Center chanting “No more stolen sisters!” on Sunday, May 5, nationally recognized as an awareness day for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons, or MMIP. Demonstrators held signs, wore red and marked their faces...
HomePlate ‘Housing First’ project reaches full capacity
HomePlate Apartments, a project to house those experiencing chronic homelessness in Nome, welcomed its last tenant on April 14, a milestone marking the full occupancy of all 15 units. The project is managed by Nome Community Center, or NCC, and was championed by its former executive director Rhonda Schneider. It...
Wedding Bells: Gareth Hansen and Anna Perez
Gareth Hansen and Anna Perez were united in marriage February 10, 2024 at the Chapel of Our Lady of the Snows in Girdwood, Alaska. The bride is the daughter of Tony and Mary Perez of Tualatin, Oregon and granddaughter of Isabel and Antonio Alberto Perez and Mary Heartnet. The groom...
Midday Report – May 07, 2024
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A killer whale has been approaching boaters in Juneau. Lawmakers in the House and Senate are racing to craft a bill that would allow homeschool programs to continue. And red sweaters filled the streets of Nome Sunday as nearly 100 people marched to bring awareness to indigenous injustice.
Nome continues search for new port director
The City of Nome is still on the hunt for a qualified candidate to take on the role of port director. Joy Baker retired from her longtime position as port director a year ago. She has, however, stayed on with the City as a project manager for the port. In that role, she has continued to shepherd Nome’s partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the massive project to expand the port.
Iditarod’s iconic Burled Arch collapses in Nome
The iconic Burled Arch that marks the finish line of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race collapsed on April 27 near Old St. Joe’s Church in Nome. Residents looked on in awe as they took part in a Ties and Tiaras event taking place just 100 feet away at the church.
Iditarod says new burled arch will be in place for '25 race after current finish line arch collapses
There will be a new burled arch over the finish line to welcome mushers in next year’s Iditarod, a race official said days after the current arch crumbled into a wood pile.That arch, which has been used since the 2000 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, collapsed in Nome on Saturday, likely from wood rot after being exposed to the salt water and cold air blowing off the Bering Strait into the western Alaska coastal community.“The need for a new arch has been on our radar,” race spokesperson Shannon Noonan said in an email to The Associated Press on Tuesday.“Race...
Iditarod veteran Ramey Smyth to build new Burled Arch
NOME, Alaska (KTUU) - The Burled Arch marking the end of the Iditarod trail will be rebuilt by a familiar name. Iditarod veteran Ramey Smyth will create a new finish line arch for the last great race in Nome, according to race officials, after the current one collapsed last month due to wood rot. The most recent edition of the Burled Arch had greeted racers since 2000.
HomePlate ‘Housing First’ project reaches full capacity
HomePlate Apartments, a project to house those experiencing chronic homelessness in Nome, welcomed its last tenant on April 14, a milestone marking the full occupancy of all 15 units. The project is managed by Nome Community Center, or NCC, and was championed by its former executive director Rhonda Schneider. It...
Nome marks Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Day
More than 100 children and adults marched from Nome’s City Hall to the Rec Center chanting “No more stolen sisters!” on Sunday, May 5, nationally recognized as an awareness day for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons, or MMIP. Demonstrators held signs, wore red and marked their faces...
Wedding Bells: Gareth Hansen and Anna Perez
Gareth Hansen and Anna Perez were united in marriage February 10, 2024 at the Chapel of Our Lady of the Snows in Girdwood, Alaska. The bride is the daughter of Tony and Mary Perez of Tualatin, Oregon and granddaughter of Isabel and Antonio Alberto Perez and Mary Heartnet. The groom...
Graphite One updates Nome on mine development plans
Graphite One is on track to complete the feasibility study by the December 2024 deadline allowing the company to get financing for the project so they can begin applying for permits, which is when the public comment period will open. “The soonest you could possibly start mining out there would...
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