Sean Milligan

Full one third of Nome's structures are abandoned, the city's planning commission found. Photo: Matthew F. Smith, KNOM.

The Nome Common Council went over a new proposed ordinance to waive certain permit fees for any construction project valued at less than 500 thousand dollars.

The Alaska National Guard and the Alaska Office of Veterans Affairs plan to award the Alaska Heroism Medal to the families of 16 members of the Alaska National Guard in Gambell.

A new outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza is spreading among wild birds in North America. While there are only a few confirmed cases in Western Alaska, the scope of the outbreak still has researchers concerned.

The Nome Common Council voted on June 27 to approve the city’s schedule of fees and fines for fiscal year 2022.

The Nome Common Council approved a plan on June 13 for the city to collaborate with Pennsylvania State University and a nonprofit called the Xtreme Habitats Institute to demonstrate the use of 3D printing technology in home construction.

On Front Street, Nome, flags in the wind

Thanks in part to APRN, ADN and the Alaska Beacon, here are the remaining candidates KNOM has not yet covered.

Graphite One has resumed preparation for the eventual establishment of a graphite mine in the Kigluaik Mountains north of Nome. The company will be wrapping up work on the pre-feasibility study in June before moving onto work for the feasibility study later in the season.

3 men sitting around a conference room table.

The Nome Common Council passed three new ordinances at its May 23 meeting designed to promote the construction of new rental housing in the city.

Multiple pink salmon swimming underwater

It looks like it’s going to be a fairly average year for pink salmon in the Norton Sound region, but a weak year for chum, according to Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologist Jim Menard.