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U.S. Army Corps Gives Update on Deep-Draft Port Study

By Emily Hofstaedter | July 24, 2018

Aerial view of Nome harbor and port area and the mouth of the Snake River.

According to the Corps, a final feasibility study for public comment will be ready in early 2019.

Nome City Council Approves FY ’18 Budgets, Lease Agreement, and Port Commission Candidate

By Davis Hovey | June 13, 2017

Mayor Beneville, sitting at a desk, signs resolutions while City Clerk Hammond, standing next to him, looks on.

Besides approving all City of Nome budgets, the Council also voted in favor of authorizing a lease agreement with Alaska Marine Lines. For a period of five years, beginning September 1st, Alaska Marine Lines will pay the City $1,540.86 a week for two blocks of property at the Port of Nome.