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In this March 16, 2015, volunteers help raise the Iditarod finishers banner at the burled arch finish line in Nome, Alaska. Nome Mayor John Handeland said the arch collapsed Saturday, April 27, 2024, likely from wood rot. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

Iditarod says new burled arch will be in place for ‘25 race after current finish line arch collapses

By Mark Thiessen - Associated Press

This photo provided by the City of Nome shows the inner harbor of the Port of Nome, Alaska, on Aug. 11, 2017, where goods at that arrive at the port are then prepared for shipment to villages throughout the region. Shipping lanes that were once clogged with ice for much of the year along Alaska's western and northern coasts have relented thanks to global warming, and the nation's first deep water Arctic port should be operational in Nome by the end of the decade. (Nome Harbormaster Lucas Stotts/City of Nome via AP)

Cruising to Nome: The first U.S. deep water port for the Arctic to host cruise ships, military

By Mark Thiessen - Associated Press

FILE - This March 15, 2012 file photo shows Richard Beneville, right, reading poetry to volunteers and fans at the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race headquarters in Nome, Alaska. Beneville, who was in his third term as the mayor of Nome, Alaska, died Monday, May 11, 2020, of pneumonia at the age of 75. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

Richard Beneville, enthusiastic mayor of Nome, dies at 75

By MARK THIESSEN - Associated Press

Linwood Fiedler mushes across Submarine Lake near Nikolai, Alaska, Tuesday, March 10, 2020, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. (Loren Holmes

Iditarod mushes on; fans being urged to skip finish in Nome

By MARK THIESSEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 10, 2007 file photo Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race front runner, four-time Iditarod champion Jeff King of Denali Park, Alaska, drives his dog team through the wind on the Yukon River near the Eagle Island, Alaska. When 57 mushers line up Sunday, March 8, 2020 for the official start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, it will be the second-smallest field in the past two decades. (AP Photo/Al Grillo,File)

Iditarod looks for relevance as race across Alaska starts

By MARK THIESSEN - Associated Press

In this Feb. 21, 2019, photo, a snow-encrusted sign marks the entrance to the police station located on a tundra road on the outskirts of Nome, Alaska. An internal cold case audit launched in 2019 has uncovered evidence that the agency regularly failed to fully investigate sexual assaults. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

In Nome, Alaska, review of rape ‘cold cases’ hits a wall

By VICTORIA MCKENZIE and WONG MAYE-E - Associated Press

Alaska city’s insurance lawyer to handle rape claim case

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In this Feb. 14, 2019, photo, sheets of ice float in Norton Sound near the Native Village of St. Michael, Alaska, population 400. Transportation in the area is limited to air travel. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

In Alaska hometown, Native women say police ignored rapes

By VICTORIA MCKENZIE - Associated Press

Nome, Alaska, gets fresh review as possible US Arctic port

By DAN JOLING - Associated Press

Nome officials identify woman killed in building fire

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FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 10, 2017 file photo people walk past the bars on Front Street, in Nome, Alaska. The old Gold Rush town of Nome on Alaska's western coast is again trying to address the hard drinking that's deeply entrenched there, this time with a proposed law prohibiting intoxication in public places like the main street, where drunks can be seen stumbling along or passed out near tourist shops. (AP Photo/Al Grillo,File)

Alaska Gold Rush town struggles with hard-drinking legacy

By RACHEL D'ORO - Associated Press

The Latest: Seavey at 57 is oldest, fastest to win Iditarod

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Wasilla man dies in Nome plane crash

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Dallas Seavey wins third Iditarod sled dog race across Alaska in 4 years, beating his father

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