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Residents of Nome continue to wait to access high-speed internet through Quintillion’s fiber-optic cable, though a handful of business customers are now connecting to it.

A close-up view of Nome Joint Utility System documents and letterhead.

Two resolutions requesting a total of over $4.5 million in loans were approved by the NJUS Board at Tuesday night’s meeting. The resolutions now go to the City Council for final approval.

NSEDC is expected to credit 1,239 NJUS customer households with a $575 subsidy for electrical accounts.

Three resolutions passed at the NJUS board meeting on Tuesday night concern the utility’s FY 2018 budget, as well as financing and refinancing of loans for water and wastewater projects and infrastructure.

Quintillion’s long-awaited fiber internet services are now active in Nome, but so far, only local institutions are connected to the new network. Bringing the fiber broadband to individual consumers will require agreements with residential providers that have yet to be finalized.

A close-up view of a utility meter on the side of a Nome building.

After much discussion in previous meetings, the NJUS Board approved a 2017 Water and Sewer Master Plan on Thursday.

Two resolutions asking the Nome Common Council to approve and accept loans from ADEC totaling over $6 million were passed at Thursday night’s NJUS Board meeting.

Nome Joint Utility. Photo: Matthew F. Smith, KNOM file.

The notice, issued Thursday evening, was lifted early Saturday morning after NJUS received lab results confirming bacteria had not contaminated the water system.