After years of waiting, the Arctic Deep Draft Port project in Nome was authorized by Congress on Dec. 21 and is ready to move forward.
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‘A really tough decision’: The 2021 Iditarod won’t end in Nome, but local leaders and mushers understand
The COVID-19 pandemic caused the Iditarod race organizers to create an altered route, one that goes through mostly unpopulated checkpoints.
Police continue search for missing Nome woman last seen in August
The Nome Police Department is using analyzed cellphone data provided by the FBI in their search for Florence Okpealuk.
Fall storms set back Bering and Chukchi sea ice formation in already delayed season
One climatologist forecasts sea ice will form late, the extent will be below average, and it will be similar to last year’s.
Unalakleet woman wins on appeal against US Air Force for contaminating her land
In 2003, Emily Nanouk noticed a strange smell and dead vegetation between her property and the abandoned North River Relay Station.
Without running water, Stebbins improvises sanitation amid COVID-19 outbreak
Stebbins has one of the Norton Sound region’s worst COVID-19 outbreaks. It also lacks running water, which is forcing the community to get creative with sanitation measures.
Gambell residents hunker down amid COVID-19 outbreak
Local residents told KNOM they worry that the virus is spreading more easily because of the number of people living in overcrowded homes with their extended families.
In Gambell, COVID-19 cases more than doubled last week
Gambell has instituted a hunker down mandate asking all residents to remain at home for two weeks.
Local orgs donate $38,000 to speed up processing of Nome’s sexual assault kits
Right now, according to NPD’s Evidence Custodian Paul Kosto, the state lab is taking about a year to process kits.
Friends and family wait for answers in disappearance of Nome woman
Searchers go out every day to look for Okpealuk, and the community held a prayer vigil Sept. 12th at Old St. Joseph’s park.