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.
The tribal governments of Unalakleet and Elim have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service and its administrator for not complying with its own rules when awarding grants worth nearly $70 million to...
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...
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...
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...
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...
On June 21, the day of the summer solstice, Nome will welcome passengers from the biggest cruise ship to visit this region to date.
The Westerdam, a ship owned by the cruise company Holland America, can hold up to 1,900 passengers and 800 crew,...
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...
Another Quintillion fiber optic cable cut caused an internet and cell outage, lasting about 12 hours between midnight and noon on Tuesday, in northwest Alaska.
The cause?
Quintillion CEO George Tronsrue said in an email to the Nugget: “Spring...
Six local entities have signed a joint letter calling for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to overrule a “flawed” decision to award a mining permit to IPOP.
The Nevada-based company was just given federal permission for a controversial project to...
