Nome News

After being cancelled last year due to the pandemic, Kawerak was able to celebrate ten years of their E-Waste Program by collecting over ten thousand pounds of old electronics.

A trailer caught fire on East Third Avenue in Nome the night of Tuesday, June 8th. The blaze left quite a bit of damage, but no injuries were reported.

Five new positive COVID-19 cases have been identified in Nome by Norton Sound Health Corporation on Monday, June 7th. An additional case was identified later in the day

Nome Beltz High School student Teague Green-Johnson became a state champion last week after going the farthest distance in the Native Youth Olympics’ Seal Hop.

The Nome Beltz High School eSports team won the 2021 Spring Rocket League State Championship on Saturday. NBHS defeated West Valley High School in a comeback series win 4 to 2.

Nome recently had its first visitors from the state capitol since the pandemic began. Lieutenant Governor Kevin Meyer and former representative Bill Thomas arrived on April 30th to learn how local business owners have been impacted by the decimated cruise season.

The concrete ramp at the harbor in the Port of Nome is set to go out of commission for repairs on July 10th if updates remain on schedule.

A long table with a gavel resting on it. American flag in background.

Nome Judge Romano DiBenedetto’s courtroom reached resolution in their first criminal trial since the Alaska Supreme Court halted trials last March.

Looking down a snow-covered street in a rural Alaska town with a large "Iditarod" banner hanging overhead and a carved wooden archway standing in the center of the street.

The council received a letter from the Iditarod Trail Committee asking the city of Nome for $100,000 to “offset the projected hard costs of staging the 2022 finish in Nome”.