On Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, Leroy James Kobuk, Jr., 30, was convicted by a Nome jury of Assault in the First Degree, Assault ...

The Trump administration is floating the idea of mining the seafloor off Alaska’s coast. The U.S. Department of the ...

Just because a movie claims to be based on a true story doesn't mean everything about it is accurately portrayed.

Finding a comfortable apartment or small house for under $1,250 monthly is entirely doable in this seaside community. The ...

He participated in the first baseball game at the North Pole. Later, he became an expert in the impact of climate change on ...

Nome’s existing dock will be turned into the country’s first deepwater Arctic port, a critical hub in President Donald ...

Since Putin invaded Ukraine, the short distance between Nome, Alaska, and Russia seems wider than ever.

Jirdes Winther Baxter, the last living survivor of the 1925 Nome diphtheria epidemic, died this month at the age of 101.

Jirdes Winther Baxter, the last living survivor of the diphtheria epidemic that prompted the 1925 serum run credited with inspiring the Iditarod Sled Dog Race, died Jan. 5 at Bartlett Regional ...

Jirdes Winther Baxter, the last known survivor of a 1925 diphtheria epidemic in Nome, Alaska, which prompted a legendary sled dog relay of nearly 700 miles that delivered a lifesaving serum to the ...

Tucked away in Alaska’s far northwestern corner, Nome stands as a testament to what happens when frontier spirit meets breathtaking isolation. Ever had that feeling where you just want to point to the ...

Between 1942 and 1945, nearly 8,000 American warplanes traveled through Alaska on their way to the Soviet Union as part of a critical supply line that helped defeat Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front.