Meet the rest of the U.S. House candidates
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Thanks in part to APRN, ADN and the Alaska Beacon, here are the remaining candidates KNOM has not yet covered.
As election day approaches, here’s what voters need to know
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Alaska’s much anticipated Special Primary Election to fill the state’s sole U.S. House of Representatives’ seat is taking place June 11. Here’s what you need to know.
Meet the U.S. House candidates
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Forty-eight candidates are running in the special election to fill the rest of Congressman Don Young’s term.
City of Nome honors longtime employee
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At its Dec. 13 meeting, the Nome Common Council recognized emergency services dispatcher Jessica Saclamana for a decade of service to Nome. City Manager Glenn Steckman listed the ways Saclamana has gone above and beyond her duty over the course of her career.
New map for House District 39 to encompass Lower Yukon River communities
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The Alaska Redistricting Board adopted its final legislative district boundaries. Pending any potential lawsuits or challenges to the adopted maps, House District 39, which contains much of Western Alaska, will be sizably smaller.
Nome elects new NSEDC board representative
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James “J.T.” Sherman will be Nome’s new representative on the Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors.
Scot Henderson takes council seat
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The Nome Common Council met on Oct. 11 to swear in new council member Scot Henderson. Henderson replaces former council member Jennifer Reader, who chose not to run for reelection this year.
Alaska Redistricting Board visits Nome
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The Alaska Redistricting Board is on a grand tour of the state, inviting comments from the public to help them create the best possible electoral map for Alaska. On Oct. 11, they were at Old St. Joe’s in Nome, with six different proposed electoral maps on display.
REAA has preliminary results for Oct. 5’s elections
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After Oct. 5’s voting, the results of the Regional Educational Attendance area elections are in.
NSEDC election headed for runoff
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With four candidates in the running for Nome’s NSEDC representative, none managed to garner the 40% of the vote required to win the election.