Nome News

Alaska’s Congressional Delegation announced yesterday that the Port of Nome will receive a quarter of a billion dollars for construction.

A bucket truck operating at night in the winter.

Gale-force winds wracked Nome on the night of Dec. 28, resulting in blackouts across much of the city. But despite the conditions, Nome Joint Utility System linemen worked during the night to get power back to residents where possible.

The last Nome Public School’s Board of Education meeting capped off the year with recognitions.

It will be legal to drive ATVs on state roads starting Jan. 1. In Nome, that means Front Street, Bering Street, Seppala Drive, Center Creek Road, the Nome-Beltz-Teller Highway and the Nome-Council Highway.

A tip submitted to the Nome Statewide Drug Enforcement, or SDEU, resulted in quick action and the arrest of two women for drug possession.

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.

Three people sitting in a conference room around tables having a meeting

The Nome Community Center has a strategy to address the city’s ongoing homelessness problem.

Roads in village Stebbins in the winter.

COVID-19 case numbers continue to fluctuate but the Bering Strait has seen a general decline throughout December. Due to this decline, the city of Nome lifted its mask mandate on Dec. 8.

Four men sitting around a tables having a meeting.

The Nome Port Commission in November approved one of three proposed dock designs for the Arctic Deep Draft Port Project.

In a room 3 masked people stand facing a woman holding her right hand up.

Children can soon get the pediatric COVID-19 vaccine at school. At the November Nome Public School Board of Education meeting, superintendent Jamie Burgess announced that Nome Elementary School principal is coordinating with Norton Sound Health Corporation and the temporary school nurse to set up a vaccine clinic in the school.