Elections/Politics

Man and woman shaking hands while the man hands the woman a plaque

At its Dec. 13 meeting, the Nome Common Council recognized emergency services dispatcher Jessica Saclamana for a decade of service to Nome. City Manager Glenn Steckman listed the ways Saclamana has gone above and beyond her duty over the course of her career.

The Alaska Redistricting Board adopted its final legislative district boundaries. Pending any potential lawsuits or challenges to the adopted maps, House District 39, which contains much of Western Alaska, will be sizably smaller.

Red and white stripped election booths inside a church.

James “J.T.” Sherman will be Nome’s new representative on the Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors.

During the Elders and Youth Conference, speakers of Indigenous Alaskan languages gathered to discuss what they can do to ensure that Indigenous language will continue to survive and flourish on their native lands.

Two masked men facing each other. Both are holding a piece of paper in one hand and then have the other hand raised. They are inside of a building.

The Nome Common Council met on Oct. 11 to swear in new council member Scot Henderson. Henderson replaces former council member Jennifer Reader, who chose not to run for reelection this year.

The Alaska Redistricting Board is on a grand tour of the state, inviting comments from the public to help them create the best possible electoral map for Alaska. On Oct. 11, they were at Old St. Joe’s in Nome, with six different proposed electoral maps on display.

After Oct. 5’s voting, the results of the Regional Educational Attendance area elections are in.

A man wearing a face mask and blue shirt holding up a long piece of paper. He is at a polling booth.

With four candidates in the running for Nome’s NSEDC representative, none managed to garner the 40% of the vote required to win the election.

City of Nome holds its municipal election and Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation special election today, on Oct. 5.

Aerial view of Unalakleet. There is mountains in the distance with water in the forefront. Buildings line the coastline. It is winter and snow is covering the ground.

This year’s REAA election on Oct. 5 sees a race between five candidates for REAA II’s Bering Strait Section IV Seat H. Seat H is the only seat in Section IV up for election in 2021.