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.
National Weather Service Will Cut Rural Alaska Staff By Two-Thirds
![White and dark grey building next to snowy airstrip at Nome Airport.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/National-Weather-Service-Nome-Alaska-Building-Tyler-Stup-1200x800.jpg)
NWS is replacing manual weather balloon launches with Finnish-made automatic launchers in its 12 rural-Alaska weather stations.
Nome Port Commission Seeks To Expedite Impound Process
![The Nome Port Commission at their regular meeting on Dec. 14, 2017 in a festively decorated Council Chambers.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/IMG_6544-1200x900.jpg)
Frustrated with vessel owners who put off paying fees to the last minute, officials at the Port of Nome discussed changing the city’s impound process at Thursday night’s regular Port Commission meeting.
Nome Port Activity “Winding Down” for Winter, Commission Says
![The Nome Port Commission met in Old St. Joe's for its regular meeting on October 19, 2017.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Nome-Port-Commission-Meeting-2017-10-19-1200x800.jpg)
Just a handful of vessels will use the port before winter. Hoping to secure a federal grant to expand the small boat harbor, Port Director Joy Baker compares the congestion to “a difficult game of Tetris.”
As Summer Dredging Returns to Nome, Some Expect Less Gold — and More Competition
![Dredge operators wait for the season's kick-off meeting to start in the Nome Mini Convention Center.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/IMG_0746-1200x900.jpg)
“The easy gold is disappearing,” says retired mining engineer Randy Smith. In Nome, gold dredging is becoming an activity “for the more serious people now, not the get-rich-quick ones.”