Nome public schools took the first step toward recognizing Indigenous Peoples’ Day at a school board work session last week. That’s when Superintendent Shawn Arnold proposed a resolution aimed ...

NOME, ALASKA—It’s early August in the subarctic tundra, ... The curriculum didn’t include Alaska Native history or culture, ... As administrators in the Nome school district turned over, ...

The student body at the schools served by Nome Public Schools is 11% white, 0% Black, 0.4% Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander, 1.5% Hispanic/Latino, 52.6% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.3% ...

The Alaska Triangle is an area between Utqiagvik, Anchorage, and Juneau. This vast region of unforgiving terrain in Alaska has a long history of unexplained disappearances dating back to before 1988.

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Feb. 2, 1925, the legendary Alaska Serum Run ended as the last of a series of dog mushers brought life-saving ...

Nome Elementary is ranked #106 in Alaska Elementary Schools. Schools are ranked on their performance on state-required tests, graduation, and how well they prepare their students for high school.

From January 27, 1925–February 2, 20 mushers and 150 dogs heroically transported desperately needed diphtheria antitoxin to the remote town of Nome, Alaska.

Nome-Beltz Nanooks (Alaska) Only one U.S. state has polar bears, but that hasn’t stopped high schools all over the country from choosing Polar Bears as their mascot.

In this Feb. 14, 2019, photo, a school bus stop stands in front of Old St. Joe's Hall, built in 1901 by a Jesuit priest in Nome, Alaska. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) ...

Carol Mendiola Mooers, 48, one of the 10 victims aboard the doomed Bering Air Flight last week, was a school counselor for the Unalakleet School in Alaska and “on her way to go pick up students ...

Alaska is the biggest, wildest state in the U.S., and it boasts some of the most state-of-the-art high school mascots in the Union. You won't find Dateliners or Shamans anywhere but in the Last ...

Nome, Alaska—population 3,600, myself included—is one of the most remote places in North America. Entirely disconnected from the continent’s road system, it has two gas stations, two pizza ...