Nome Nugget (The)

By: Megan GannonThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is now soliciting bids for phase one of the massive project to increase dock space and accommodate larger vessels at the Port of Nome. The request for proposals was published at the end of February on SAM.gov, and the Corps will accept bids […]

By: Anna LionasThree weeks in a row, residents of Nome and the Southern Seward Peninsula Coast received winter storm warnings from the National Weather Service. With back-to-back blizzards in the first and second weeks of April and a third taking place this week, business as usual was […]

By: Megan GannonThe Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference, or WAISC for short, was held in Nome last week. Hosted by Alaska Sea Grant and the University of Alaska Fairbanks Northwest Campus, the meeting brought together a few dozen researchers and knowledge holders from across […]

By: Diana HaeckerThe Nome Common Council signed off on a Memorandum of Agreement with Norton Sound Health Corporation to take over ground ambulance services, currently run by the city’s volunteer ambulance department. In January, the council had decided to relinquish the service to NSHC. […]

By: Megan GannonThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers made an announcement two weeks ago that surprised many in the Nome region. A Hawaii-based general with the Corps reversed an Alaska District Army Corps decision on IPOP, LLC’s controversial mining plan. The Nevada-based company now has a […]

By: Anna LionasThis year the Nome Pool will stay open during the summer after being closed for its regular winter season for an retrofitting the sanitation system from saltwater back to a chlorine system that it was built for. Lead contractor of the pool project, Bob Walker, and […]

By: Anna LionasThe Nome Public Safety Advisory Commission met Monday for the first time since August 2023, with a full quorum. The commission heard from four community members who voiced frustrations with Nome Police Department’s arrest procedures, officer’s behavior and the […]

By: Anna LionasClutching their State Championship trophy, the Nome Nanooks Boys’ Basketball team exited the Alaska Airlines terminal in Nome on Sunday to a true hero’s welcome. A crowd of Nanook fans gathered as snow fell, holding signs praising the winning team and welcoming them […]

By: Megan GannonJust after 2 a.m. on Saturday, Nome’s siren sounded for the final time of the 2024 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Revelers from the bars, fans and mushers spilled onto Front Street, braving cold north winds that made the single-digit temperatures feel like subzero ones. […]

By: Megan GannonImmediately after his arrival in Nome last week, Iditarod champion Dallas Seavey walked to the Mini Convention Center for a press conference so that reporters and fans could gain insight about what it takes to win the 1,000-mile sled dog race six times.  One media member […]