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Story by KNBA's Alena Naiden The National Transportation Safety Board says a Bering Air flight experienced “severe icing conditions” and pointed to “the pilot’s inadequate airspeed management” and unsuccessful recovery during a stall before the plane crashed onto an ice floe in 2025. The crash killed all nine passengers and the pilot. The NTSB issued its final accident report on Thursday for the crash of Flight 445 on Feb. 6, 2025.

The shop's owner, Jessica Blandford, said she attributes part of the shop's early success to its novelty. ​"It's something new and exciting," Blandford said. "I know Nome has had a drive-thru in the past, but it's been years, I feel like." ​Blandford and her husband, Jesse Blandford, run a few other businesses, including JB Rentals and NAPA Auto Parts.

Norton Sound Area Fisheries Manager Kevin Clark said sockeye have outperformed expectations in the Pilgrim River, so much so that the department lifted the 25-fish-per-household subsistence harvest limit earlier in the season. ​ “The Pilgrim red run is still going strong,” Clark said. “We’re probably going to be somewhere in the 30,000 to 40,000 range when all is said and done.

NJUS’ unfinished audits could affect more than the public’s understanding of the utility’s finances. They could also complicate its ability to secure funding for future infrastructure projects. State and federal agencies typically ask utilities for audited financial statements before approving grants or low-interest loans. Alaska’s State Revolving Fund, which finances drinking water and wastewater projects, requires applicants to submit their most recent audit as part of a financial review.

This summer, ASRC Construction finished work on five new groundwater pumping stations on the hill east of town. A new water line, made of more durable high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe was also buried along the Landfill Road linking the new pumps to the existing water treatment plant.

It’s hard for life to thrive in the far north. Most of the animals seen on the tundra today are hearty creatures, built to withstand the harsh environment. But tens millions of years ago, something else, something small, dominated the Arctic. A new study published in May by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences identified fossil samples of three previously unknown species of multituberculates — an extinct rodent-like mammal group — in northern Alaska.

A weeklong solar electric design and installation course will be offered in Nome this August. The class is a partnership between the Village of Solomon (VOS) and University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Northwest Campus. The workforce-focused course uses curriculum from Solar Energy International and is taught around Alaska by instructors with professional experience in the energy industry.

Parallel pieces of legislation prioritizing the ongoing expansion of the Port of Nome cleared committees in the U.S. House and Senate this week. Nome’s Port Director, Joy Baker, said the port’s inclusion in the House and Senate versions of the Waterways Resource Development Act bill brings a big boost to the overdue and over budget project. “This is the delegation in Congress saying, ‘We will not reduce the scope of this project because of its overall overarching purpose for the nation,” she said.

“If these guys are just using it because it’s easier for them to chunk out $5,000 than actually move it and get rid of it and sell it or whatever, and we’re just an easy place for them,” Sheffield said.

The Nome Common Council convened Monday night for a work session regarding how pull tabs are taxed in the city, followed by an action-packed regular meeting. Here's six takeaways from the July 13 meeting. Pull tab tax proposal remains under debate The Common Council spent Monday night’s work session discussing a proposed overhaul of how pull tabs are taxed in Nome.