U.S. Army Corps Gives Update on Deep-Draft Port Study
![Aerial view of Nome harbor and port area and the mouth of the Snake River.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/IMG_3142-1200x900.jpg)
According to the Corps, a final feasibility study for public comment will be ready in early 2019.
Nome Deep-Draft Port Back on the Table
![Nome port](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/EI161012-30-1200x900.jpg)
More than two years since it shelved the project, the US Army Corps of Engineers will take a new look at a port expansion in Nome and split the cost with the City.
Coast Guard Wraps Up Seasonal Operations Out of Kotzebue
![A Coast Guard helicopter lands at the seasonal base in Kotzebue.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Helicopter-1200x900.jpg)
October 31 marks the end of the Coast Guard’s annual operation Arctic Shield, which focuses on search and rescue and community outreach throughout the Alaskan Arctic.