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Mining company Nome Gold Alaska has formally opened its doors -- and agenda -- to Nome residents for the first time. The company called a public meeting to share plans for a placer mining operation ...

Monday night marked the premiere of the ninth season of a mining reality television show based in Nome, "Bering Sea Gold." With the promise of tapping into undiscovered riches, this season also comes ...

A vocal show of frustration from Nome’s mining community took center stage at this week’s City Council meeting. The miners were angry about a letter the city sent to the State Department of Natural ...

It was over a decade ago when Emily Riedel came to Nome, Alaska during the summer in hopes of getting enough gold to fund her opera studies. Her childhood friend, Zeke Tenhoff, suggested she could ...

BREATHTAKING photos have surfaced of the historic Alaska gold rush 120 years later. A staggering 112 metric tons of the valuable metal was found in the seaport of Nome, which would become the largest ...

About 100 years ago, the town of Nome, Alaska, was a busy place with a population of more than 20,000, most of them gold seekers. Today, fewer than 4,000 people live here and prospecting for gold is ...

The June sun was shining brightly at midnight, some hardy swimmers were braving the icy waters of the Bering Sea and several other people were working hand-operated sluices or panning in the hope of ...

NOME, Alaska (AP) — Nome gold miners are expressing outrage about a city letter citing the “negative social impacts” of their industry. Miners stormed the Nome City Council meeting Monday night to ...

Monday's Nome City Council meeting heard a vocal but symbolic show of frustration from members of Nome's mining community over a perceived slight by city officials. But chambers were nearly empty when ...