Tuesday’s mock elections weren’t meant for students just to play or pretend. Students spent time researching the candidates on various websites and by perusing different campaign commercials.
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After decades of ineligibility, the small island of Diomede is finally included in Essential Air Service
Until 2012, people could only fly to Diomede standby on a mail carrier if there was enough room among the parcels and letters.
Nome city manager placed on administrative leave after harassment claim
Nome city manager Tom Moran has been placed on administrative leave after a Nome citizen raised claims of harassing behavior during Monday night’s City Council meeting
Nome Officer Who Pleaded Guilty to Assault is Re-Hired by Police Department
Carl Putman, the former Nome Community Service Officer who pleaded guilty in July to charges of assault while on duty, has been rehired by the Nome Police Department (NPD). Putman has been hired on as an emergency hire temporary dispatcher for NPD. In April, Putman was charged with assault in the fourth degree in Nome…
Sullivan, military brass visit Nome with ambitions for Arctic role in national security
U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, Navy Secretary Richard Spencer and U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Karl Schultz are touring the state in an effort to push for national security in the Arctic. Their visit Monday in Nome coincides with the National Defense Authorization Act, which was scheduled to be signed by President Donald Trump.
With more seabirds dying in Arctic, research vessel makes a rare voyage
The 120-foot research vessel Tiglax is sailing up to Cape Thompson for the first time in more than 20 years to look at seabird populations. Like it’s namesake the Aleut word for eagle, it covers vast stretches of Alaska, visiting refuges from Safety Sound and Topkok to Sitka Sound, from Cape Lisburne to the Pribilof Islands.