Nome News

The FSB’s teleconference in April covered issues relevant to Units 22 and 23. Those topics included a decision to conserve Alaska hare in Units 22 and 23, a redefinition of Alaska hare, closures and rescinded closures in moose hunting, and a special action for musk ox permits.

Close-up of a white Nome Police Department vehicle.

Nome Police arrested Isaac Ozenna Sr. on May 4 on multiple charges of sexual assault of a minor and coercion.

As the project to expand the Port of Nome moves forward, the Nome Port Commission discussed funding and design issues at its April meeting.

Young sports team posing for photo with two large signs

Nome’s NYO season came to a close in April. The team participated in the first in-person state meet since 2019 in Anchorage, and a record-setting meet in Juneau.

four people sitting at a conference desk. The woman in the middle is wearing a face mask.

The Nome Common Council voted on April 25 to suspend Nome’s seasonal sales tax increase during the months of May, June, July and August. That means the sales tax rate will remain at 5% rather than increasing to 7% as described in the Code of Ordinances of Nome.

2 Women wearing mask standing for a photo in the library. One is holding a book

A new reading program, a new response to COVID-19 and an old problem were the main topics at the April Nome Public School’s Board of Education meeting.

Ski team students lined ip outside in snow with coaches

Nome-Beltz Middle High School added a new varsity-level sport to its list. Before spring semester 2022, cross country skiing only existed at Nome-Beltz as a club sport. Now, it is a school-sponsored and funded sport: the Nome-Beltz Ski/Biathlon Team.

Nome-Beltz Middle/High School was closed on the days leading up to the 2022 spring break due to a lack of staff. And that wasn’t the first time in the school year a local school had to close.

three men sitting around a conference table looking at their laptops

The Nome Common Council voted on April 4 to officially recognize April as Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month. Mayor John Handeland asked City Clerk Bryant Hammond to read the entire text of the resolution aloud at the meeting, rather than just the title as usual, in order to emphasize its importance.

Nome-Beltz’s class of 2022 is sprucing up their school’s walls with a mural that highlights how far the new art class has come since it began three years ago.