Nome city manager Tom Moran has been placed on administrative leave after a Nome citizen raised claims of harassing behavior during Monday night’s City Council meeting
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Nome Officer Who Pleaded Guilty to Assault is Re-Hired by Police Department
Carl Putman, the former Nome Community Service Officer who pleaded guilty in July to charges of assault while on duty, has been rehired by the Nome Police Department (NPD). Putman has been hired on as an emergency hire temporary dispatcher for NPD. In April, Putman was charged with assault in the fourth degree in Nome…
Sullivan, military brass visit Nome with ambitions for Arctic role in national security
U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, Navy Secretary Richard Spencer and U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Karl Schultz are touring the state in an effort to push for national security in the Arctic. Their visit Monday in Nome coincides with the National Defense Authorization Act, which was scheduled to be signed by President Donald Trump.
With more seabirds dying in Arctic, research vessel makes a rare voyage
The 120-foot research vessel Tiglax is sailing up to Cape Thompson for the first time in more than 20 years to look at seabird populations. Like it’s namesake the Aleut word for eagle, it covers vast stretches of Alaska, visiting refuges from Safety Sound and Topkok to Sitka Sound, from Cape Lisburne to the Pribilof Islands.
Nome Nugget newspaper under new ownership
One of the new owners says the independently-owned Nugget is “a reporter’s dream,” because of its nature as a community paper.
New Alaska law allows license to fish to be on your phone
Gov. Bill Walker signed House Bill 260 into law, allowing carriers to show their license in paper form or on their cellphone. including a digital copy, or a photograph of a paper copy.