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Operation Polar Dagger serves the purpose of deterrence
By Diana Haecker In the chaos of ex-typhoon Merbok that hit Nome and the region in September 2022, it escaped most that a special operations command of the military was holding the first iteration of Operation Polar Dagger on St. Lawrence Island. In...
Utility bills to go up
By Diana Haecker Nome Joint Utilities General Manager John Handeland prepared the public for an increase in utility bill costs and the school district for a considerable heating bill, during Monday’s Nome Common Council meeting. The exact fuel price...
Repurposing and reusing the theme of Nome Garden Tour
By Ariana Crockett O'Harra A bright yellow school bus idled in the Old St. Joe’s parking lot as a crowd of thirty or so eager Nomeites gathered for one of the beloved events in Nome’s summer season – the Nome Garden Tour. But instead of a Sunda...
Homer Pets of the Week: 6 cuddly cats
Bezel, Bo Cieves, Isaiah, Too Bee, Buffy and Saghosa are all related and in the 1-2 year age range
Meta to pay 47 states up to $17.1B in landmark child safety settlement
Facebook owner Meta agreed to pay nearly $18 billion to an array of U.S. states over claims its platforms intentionally addicted teens. (Photo by Anne-Marie Caruso/New Jersey Monitor)Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, on Wednesday agreed to p...
Alaska Supreme Court to rule on question of bias in ballot measure language
Voters at Anchorage City Hall wait in line to cast their ballots on Nov. 4, 2024, the day before Election Day. City hall, in downtown Anchorage, was one of the designated early voting sites in the state's largest city. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska B...
Trump, McMahon promote school voucher program as students return to class
President Donald Trump shows helipad construction on the South Lawn of the White House after an event in the Rose Garden on Aug. 24, 2026. Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen, left, and U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon are on either side of Trump. (Photo...
Active court order still blocking Trump effort to restrict vote-by-mail
A voter deposits a mail-in ballot at the drop box outside the Chester County Government Center on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Photo by Peter Hall/Pennsylvania Capital-Star)WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a procedural victor...
Alaska Science Forum: Uncorking the secrets of a tiny bottle of volcanic ash
I opened the living room window in our rented Anchorage waterfront condominium on what began as a mild mid-August day in 1992.
Country music legend Dolly Parton dies at 80
Dolly Parton, the country music superstar whose songwriting, unmistakable voice and larger-than-life personality made her one of the most recognizable entertainers in the world, has died at 80. According to a statement, Parton died peacefully in Nash...
Country music legend Dolly Parton dies at 80
Dolly Parton, the country music superstar whose songwriting, unmistakable voice and larger-than-life personality made her one of the most recognizable entertainers in the world, has died at 80. According to a statement, Parton died peacefully in Nash...
Big Ten moves to bar former pro players from returning to college football
The Big Ten has adopted a new rule prohibiting football players with professional experience from returning to compete for one of its schools, becoming the first of the Power Four conferences to formally establish such a restriction as college footba...
Study finds CTE in at least 1 in 4 former NFL players who died between 2016-2021
At least one in four former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, according to a new study that provides one of the clearest estimates yet of the brain disease among former professional football play...
Social Distortion drops video for “Tonight” from ‘Born To Kill’ album
Punk rock veterans Social Distortion have released the official music video for “Tonight,” a track from their latest album, Born To Kill. The video highlights one of the record’s more reflective songs with a cinematic story centered on love and longt...
Godsmack extends ‘Rise of Rock’ Tour with new fall dates
Godsmack has expanded its 2026 Rise of Rock World Tour, adding a new slate of fall dates that will keep the veteran hard rock band on the road through late September.The newly announced performances build on the group’s previously revealed Nort...
Taylor Swift revives Eras Tour magic with Grammy Museum three-song piano mashup
Taylor Swift brought a familiar piece of her record-breaking Eras Tour back to Los Angeles, performing a three-song piano mashup during the Grammy Museum’s “The Icon Sessions with Taylor Swift: A 20-Year Retrospective.” The Aug. 18 event, presented b...
Taylor Swift revives Eras Tour magic with Grammy Museum three-song piano mashup
Taylor Swift brought a familiar piece of her record-breaking Eras Tour back to Los Angeles, performing a three-song piano mashup during the Grammy Museum’s “The Icon Sessions with Taylor Swift: A 20-Year Retrospective.” The Aug. 18 event, presented b...
Alaska officials respond to mystery spill near idled Cook Inlet oil platform
Cook Inlet near Clam Gulch is seen on Oct. 23, 2025. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)State and industry officials and the U.S. Coast Guard were responding on Tuesday to an unexplained oil spill roughly 60 miles southwest of Anchorage in Southcen...
Agencies investigating sheen in Cook Inlet
The incident occured in North Trading Bay, approximately 50 to 60 miles southwest of Anchorage