Nome Property on Abatement List Gets a Later Deadline for Renovation
![Nome City Council Chambers. Photo: Matthew F. Smith, KNOM file.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2015-06-22-solstice-weekend-120-abandoned-building-2432px-1200x800.jpg)
After months on the city’s abatement list, 604 East Front Street in Nome has been granted another extension.
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 Port Commission Seeks Funding for Incinerator, Discusses Fuel Dispersants, Wave Buoy
![The Nome Port Commission sits around a semi-circle of tables in Council Chambers for their June meeting.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/IMG_8947-1200x900.jpg)
The incinerator would handle waste from foreign ships — but the Port needs to find a way to pay for it. A new wave buoy will arrive in early July, providing real-time data.
Nome Port Commission Discusses Coast Guard’s Gold Dredge Regulations
![The Nome Port Commission sits around tables in Council Chambers in May 2018.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/IMG_8716-1200x900.jpg)
Gold miners hoping for a radical change to regulations may be disappointed by the conversation from last week’s meeting of the Nome Port Commission.
ADF&G Advisory Committee Wants to Ease Fishing Restrictions
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After strong salmon runs in Nome and Port Clarence last summer, the regional advisory committee of ADF&G wants to ease regulations on both commercial and subsistence fishing.
Nome Port Commission Moves to Prevent Over-side Fuel Sales, Will Not Raise Tariff Rates
![Commissioners Scot Henderson and Shane Smithhisler and Harbormaster Lucas Stotts review documents at a meeting of the Nome Port Commission in Feb. 2018.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/IMG_7384-1200x900.jpg)
The Commission approved changes to prevent over-side retail fuel sales and authorize the Harbormaster to impound nuisance property. All changes must be adopted by City Council.
Nome Port Commission Approves Capital Improvements Plan, Reviews Deep Draft Port Designs
![Garth Howlett, senior engineer at PND Engineers, presents options for a deep draft port to the Nome Port Commission.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_6400-1200x900.jpg)
The Nome Port Commission voted last night to approve a Capital Improvements Plan and considered several designs for a deep draft port.
At Midnite Sun Ranch, Youth Summit Aims to Revitalize Reindeer Herding with a New Generation
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Bruce Davis, who owns and operates the ranch with his wife Ann, says that they want to let western Alaska children know “that there’s reindeer here on the Seward Peninsula, and it’s a way to make a living.”
Ambulance Service Agreement Reached Between NSHC and City of Nome
![Nome's Public Safety Building in April 2014, where the Nome Volunteer Ambulance Department is currently housed. Photo: Matthew F. Smith, KNOM file.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/2014-04-24-Nome-Public-Safety-bldg-2432px-001-1200x800.jpg)
Nome’s ambulance department has a new arrangement with Norton Sound Health Corporation, a result of meetings and compromise between the NSHC administration and the City of Nome. It goes into effect May 1.