Some rural Alaska communities have had stable populations because a high birth rate counteracts long-term outmigration. But with declining birth rates, that effect is fading. The Nome Census Area ...

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 ...

Even by Alaska standards, Nome is remote, with no roads connecting it to the state’s population hubs hundreds of miles away. Supplies for its 3,600 residents have to be flown in or brought up by ...

It is located 545 miles northwest of Anchorage and has no access to major Alaska road systems. Government officials believe that Nome, with a population of 3,500, offers foundational importance to ...

Now in its fourth season, his podcast this time focuses on a missing person case nearly 4,000 miles away from Atlanta in Nome, Alaska (population: 3,594). He was intrigued by multiple details of ...