Nome News

Surprise guests at anytime should be ready to take what comes their way. However, you CAN easily be ready and have a great time too! First of all, clean the bathrooms, change sheets if needed and pick up as you go along.

Alaska is on the front line of global climate change with melting glaciers and softening permafrost, an Alaska official told delegates during the United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Copenhagen.

Gov. Sean Parnell will release details of his administration's 2010 state budget to the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce Monday.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Bering Straits Native Corp. has named Gail Schubert its chief executive, succeeding Tim Towarak, who has led the company since 2000.

The Alaska Army National Guard used a helicopter to follow the tracks of a stranded snowmachiner before finding the man safe and sound outside of Nome.

Shishmaref: A village on the brink Published: December 3rd, 2009 08:50 AM Last Modified: December 3rd, 2009 08:51 AM Link: CNN CNN is the latest national media outlet to send a crew to the Northwest Alaska village Shishmaref, perched precariously on a Chukchi Sea barrier island north of Nome and battered by storm surges made worse by permafrost ...

Millrock Resources Inc. announces that it has terminated its exploration agreement with Alix Resources Corp.

In The Fourth Kind, Milla Jovovich plays a psychologist in Nome, Alaska, who suspects her patients are experiencing alien encounters.

By KAREN CAMPBELL Assistant Managing Editor The Auglaize County Common Pleas judge requested his 2010 budget reflect an increase in employee salaries, but left it the same in his submittal, as he knew Auglaize County Commissioners would make the final decision.

KENNETH CHARLES BYRD, age 38, formerly of Rockvale, died Wednesday, November 18, 2009 in Nome, Alaska following a heart attack.

In the opening scene of "The Fourth Kind," viewers are warned by Milla Jovovich's character, "some of the images you are about to see are extremely disturbing." Unfortunately, they are disturbing for all of the wrong reasons.

I would like to extend my congratulations to Bob Banghart on his appointment as the new chief curator of the Alaska State Museum.

Note to self: Don't go to Nome, Alaska. Aliens will get you. At night they'll send a white owl - or what appears to be an owl - to look in your window, they'll come barreling into your bedroom, and then, well, it's not entirely clear.

The U.S. Department of Energy provided a $4.6 million grant to University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers who plan to study the energy-producing potential of a hot springs on the Seward Peninsula.

The Village is a Daily News blog about life and politics in rural Alaska. Its main author is ADN reporter Kyle Hopkins.

Published: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 1:32 p.m. The title of "The Fourth Kind" refers to a scale established to measure human contact with extra-terrestrials. The first kind is observation, and the second is physical evidence.

The U.S. Department of Energy provided a $4.6 million grant to University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers who plan to study the energy-producing potential of a hot springs on the Seward Peninsula.

Neal Foster has been appointed to a state House seat to replace his late father, Rep.

Another gold rush seems to be under way in Alaska. The state's gold production last year - 800,000 ounces - was the highest since 1916.

After watching the creepy "Fourth Kind" this last weekend, I realized whatever the truth of the film, I would not be visiting Nome, Alaska anytime soon.