City of Nome Aims to Curb Public Intoxication with New Ordinances
![Businesses on Nome's Front Street, including the Anchor Tavern, Husky, Golden China, and Maruskiya's gift shop.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2013-05-19-grey-nome-sunday-20-2432px-1200x800.jpg)
These items of new business include an ordinance making it illegal to be intoxicated in a public right of way, an ordinance limiting the hours to sell liquor in town, as well as an ordinance to put a ten percent excise tax on alcohol sales.