The gold rushes of the frozen north captured her imagination as they did thousands upon thousands of others. In 1900, the favored destination was Nome, rumored to have beaches made of gold.

NOME, Alaska (AP) — Nome gold miners are expressing outrage about a city letter citing the “negative social impacts” of their industry.

A western Alaska tribal consortium has appealed a key permit for a proposed gold dredging project in waters near Nome. Kawerak, a nonprofit that serves some 20 Iñupiaq and Yup’ik tribes in the ...

Nome, Alaska. Miners risk their lives diving below the ice on the frozen Bering Sea for a fortune in gold. While one miner nearly loses his life, another hits his biggest payday ever. 100 ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Nome miner Jan Kralik was getting a strong signal. Strong, as in lots of gold nearby. It was fall 2002 and Kralik was dowsing on a placer claim he holds along Gold Run Creek ...

Kids who eagerly consumed the lurid dime novels of the Klondike and Nome gold rushes eagerly consumed movies on the same topic years later. The cycles of nostalgia have been around for a long time.

In 2016, North Coast Rep staged Joseph Vass’ whodunit “Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Great Nome Gold Rush” with Jason Maddy as Holmes.

A western Alaska tribal consortium has appealed a key permit for a proposed gold dredging project in waters near Nome. Kawerak, a nonprofit that serves some 20 Iñupiaq and Yup’ik tribes in the ...