Two containers packed with batteries rest near a new concrete pad at Nome Joint Utility System's powerplant. (Ben Townsend/KNOM) Utility officials in Nome are hoping a new battery system recently ...

In a tiny gold mining town on the edge of Alaska, the Trump administration is poised to begin building America's first Arctic deepwater port, with significant implications for military security and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. One dog led the way through a deadly blizzard. With Nome’s ...

The expansion of the Port of Nome will more than double the number of ships that can dock at one time. The Port of Nome will offer the nation’s first Arctic deep-water port under an agreement between ...

The passenger plane that crashed near Nome last month, killing all 10 people on board, was hundreds of pounds overweight according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board ...

Two Nome residents missing since Sunday were found dead Tuesday near the snowmachine they were riding together, according to Alaska State Troopers. Charlene Habros, 34, and Dustin Gologergen, 55, left ...

The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is again seeking bids for the opening phase of the Port of Nome Modification Project, months after the initial procurement effort was canceled due to ...

Nome seems both unlikely and inevitable. Perched on the Seward Peninsula, it’s the westernmost sizable city in Alaska and the United States. Spawned by a gold rush, it somehow survived the frenzy ...

A search is underway in northwest Alaska for a plane that went missing with 10 people on board, officials say. Bering Air Flight 445 — a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan — was carrying nine passengers and a ...

While the Dateline team was in Nome, Alaska this summer for an all-new two-hour episode airing on Friday, October 14, we met a woman named Blaire Okpealuk. Blaire worked as a receptionist at our hotel ...