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The Bering Straits Native Corporation (BSNC) has named its 2024 Elders of the Year. The annual honor recognizes shareholders from across the region that exemplify the values of cultural preservation, community service, and traditional knowledge.

Researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been conducting fieldwork in Alaska for over a decade. Their work has focused on the effects of climate change on northern ecosystems. The Next-Generation Ecosystem Experiments in the Arctic (NGEE-Arctic) was a 12-year initiative that aims to model and predict the impact of…

November and December is the time of year when the typical day to day movements of large scale weather features, such as high and low pressure centers and weather fronts, can result in rapid and dramatic changes in the weather that we experience. In our region this is usually the…

With just 100 days until the ceremonial start of the 2025 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, 30 mushers have officially signed up to tackle the approximately 1,000-mile trek from Anchorage to Nome.

The U.S. Coast Guard inked a deal last week to bring a third icebreaker into its fleet. The long-awaited move was announced at the Halifax International Security Forum held in Nova Scotia November 22-24.

Here's what's coming up this week on the KNOM Community Calendar: Monday night the Nome Common Council is set to reconvene for the first time in a month.

When Nome's massive port expansion project ground to a halt last month, over $82 million in funds earmarked for the project sat frozen in a general account. Now, the city is set to earn some interest – to the tune of a quarter million dollars a month – on the funds as they await a new round of bids.

Seven Indigenous language speakers gathered two weekends ago for a roundtable discussion in Nome. The collaboration is part of a new project by KNOM that seeks to recognize and celebrate the nuances in the many dialects and languages found in western Alaska.

Seven Indigenous language speakers gathered two weekends ago for a roundtable discussion in Nome. The collaboration is part of a new project by KNOM that seeks to recognize and celebrate the nuances in the many dialects and languages found in western Alaska. "Quyanna for coming, I really appreciate all of…

When Sue Luke took a job at University of Alaska Northwest Campus (UAF NW), she had no idea she'd one day become the most senior member of the staff. Now, 37 years later, she's closing the book on a career that witnessed decades of transformation at the campus and in the community.