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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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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 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 ...

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 ...

Sirens blared and Nanook flags flew high as Nome welcomed the Nanooks home from the state basketball tournament on Sunday evening. On Saturday, the Nanooks beat Sitka’s Wolves 62-43, bringing home the ...