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Commissioner Cockrell said the department will hire two troopers working two week on – two week off rotations. The positions are already funded, but with 65 open trooper positions across the state, Cockrell said it’ll still take time to fill them. The department requires early-career troopers work away from their home region at least once between their second and fifth years on the job.

The city still plans to revisit its rules governing taxis, shuttles and motor buses after questions about how different passenger services fit into Nome’s existing ordinances. That comes as Nome returns to zero city-licensed taxicab operators following the sudden closure of Bootz & Co. Cab, LLC. The business announced it was shutting down in a Facebook post on Sept. 10.

Five seabirds collected near Nome between 2024 and 2025 have tested positive for a highly contagious strain of bird flu known as H5N1. That’s according to lab results from the U.S Department of Agriculture. The seabirds were collected by community members who found them dead or distressed. Gay Sheffield is the Bering Strait agent for the University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Sea Grant Program. She says the samples were put away in a freezer for years while they awaited testing.

“Once [I] started hitting the drums and hearing the songs, all of a sudden it just started kind of flowing out again,” Masters said. “It wasn’t totally lost. I mean, maybe it was forgotten, stored away in there, but it came back to life.” ​Masters said the Unalakleet group has grown more confident since attending the Kingikmiut festival for the first time last year. ​“It almost feels like the Super Bowl of festivals,” Masters said. “And it's more than just dancing. It's full community engagement.

Ben Townsend Nick, we are happy you're here. Welcome to Nome. Nick Begich III Thanks, it's good to be here, having a great time, and learning a lot about the community while we're here. Ben Townsend It's your first time here, right? Nick Begich III This is my first time to Nome. We've met with a number of community leaders down in Washington D.C. and at various times when we're in Anchorage or Fairbanks. But you know, there's no replacement to being on the ground.

The design is just one half of the hold-up. The old school burned down on June 26, 2024 – mere days before the end of the state’s fiscal year. The district applied for state funding just months later, but without a design in hand it was relegated to fifth place on a statewide priority list for the 2026 fiscal year. It wasn’t until this summer – two years after the school burned down – that it catapulted to the top of the list.

The U.S. Coast Guard has ended its search for three missing boaters near St. Lawrence Island after one person was rescued and two others were found dead Monday. According to a press release from the Coast Guard, a HC-130 Hercules crew from Air Station Kodiak located a 15-year-old survivor around 3 p.m., clinging to a capsized 18-foot Lund boat about four miles east of St. Lawrence Island.

ICC held its 15th General Assembly in Iqaluit from July 22-25. The four-day meeting ended with delegates adopting the 2026 Iqaluit Declaration, a document that will guide ICC’s work for the next four years. Delegates also elected Aluki Kotierk of Canada as ICC chair for the 2026-2030 term. Among the priorities adopted in Iqaluit were protections for Inuit hunting and harvesting rights, Inuit food sovereignty and greater Inuit involvement in managing lands, waters and wildlife.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has closed most of the fall moose hunt under registration permit RM840 on the Seward Peninsula. In an emergency order issued Thursday, the department said the closures were issued to prevent overharvest of the season’s quota. ​ADF&G closed the bull-moose hunt in Unit 22C, which includes the area around Nome, just before midnight  Wednesday. The closure applies to both resident and nonresident hunters. The season opened on Sept.

NSEDC invested 4.7 million dollars in the project. Rhodes said the new facility is expected to last “several decades” and will cost about 1 million dollars each year to operate and maintain. ​The former facility received an average of about 32,000 pounds of halibut each season over the past decade, with a peak of 70,000 pounds in 2019, according to NSEDC. Rhodes said he expects the new facility to support similar production.