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Before the snow sets in for winter, the City of Nome is removing buildings that may be public health or fire hazards. The City Council started by approving four buildings for abatement by resolution during a special session Tuesday night. One property on the original abatement list included a city-owned property, 209 Prospect Place. Interim…

Over the weekend, Nome-Beltz High School sent three runners to the state cross country meet in Anchorage, Tobin Hobbs, Ava Earthman, and Natalie Tobuk. Hobbs and Earthman have seen the state meet before, but Tobuk experienced it for the first time. “It was just a great opportunity for her because she also took nearly a…

Two Western Alaskans spoke out about climate change yesterday as part of a group of 16 young people currently suing the State of Alaska. The case, Sinnok vs. Alaska, was brought before the Alaska Supreme Court as the justices decide whether or not to allow the lawsuit to move forward. Andrew Welle and Brad De Noble…

According to a more than 30-year-long study the National Park Service conducted, three miles was previously the amount lost over a decade of Arctic lake drainage. In 2018 alone, the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve lost three square miles of lakes. The NPS study ran from 1984-2018 and monitored lakes in Bering Land Bridge as…

Chief Bob Estes announced his resignation from the Nome Police Department yesterday. That news was made public through a City letter just released Tuesday night. However, Estes will still work for the next 90 days as per his contract. Chief Estes did not give a specific reason for his departure but wrote: “The past year…

Nome City Council spent nearly six hours discussing a 59- page report from the Nome Police Department (NPD) during a special session on Monday night. The report came from Chief Bob Estes and covered budgeting, staffing, and service calls dating back to 2005. A portion of the conversation was open to the public while the…

Several communities in the Norton Sound region experienced coastal flooding over the weekend, although the high water didn’t do as much damage as originally forecast. Coastal flooding occurs when dry land is submerged under ocean water. According to coastal flood warnings from the National Weather Service, the water level was forecast to rise five to…

Moose nutrition throughout the Seward Peninsula is currently the focus of one of the Alaska Department of Fish & Game’s latest research projects. Results from this project could help ADF&G better respond to declining moose populations in Unit 22D. The four-year study started in the fall of 2017 by setting up radio-tracking collars on moose…

The first civilian police accountability commission in Alaska is learning that they have a lot of training and procedural policy to work through before they can be effective in serving the community of Nome. On Thursday, City Clerk Bryant Hammond swore in eight members, out of nine, to the Nome Public Safety Advisory Commission. Justin…