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Growth and Development Along Alaska's Coast:
The Spencer Expedition mapped the copper district of Alaska, and the first exploratory oil well was drilled in Cook Inlet. Twenty thousand gold prospectors arrived at Nome Beach. Alaska's capital ...
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The first airplane in Alaska: The aerial attempts of a Nome music teacher nicknamed ‘the Professor’
After months of secrecy, news broke on March 23, 1911. Henry Peterson, a music teacher in early Nome, was building an ...
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Bid Prices Put Nome, Alaska Arctic Port Project on Hold
The nation’s first Arctic deep-water port in Nome, Alaska, will have to wait, with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers halting procurement of the $662-million project's first phase due to the ...
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Alaska Supreme Court makes its first school visit to Nome
Alaska Supreme Court justices take their seats at the Supreme Court LIVE event in the Nome-Beltz High School gym on Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. (Ben Townsend/KNOM) In a first for the Alaska Supreme ...
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Nome’s new battery system promises more consistent energy costs
This system near Nome’s small boat harbor received $2 million in grant funding from the Alaska Energy Authority’s Renewable Energy Fund, as well as $300,000 from the Denali Commission.