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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Some of the droves of dredgers seeking gold off the shores of Nome, Alaska, are apparently pulling up mercury left behind by their historic counterparts early last century. Now, state officials ...

NOME — The small boat harbor here was already clogged with gold dredges in late August when Brian Sanders and Forrest Fisher motored in, out of yet another Bering Sea storm. Lucky to find a spot in ...

Discovery’s “Bering Sea Gold” will return for its new season on Friday, Aug. 11 at 9 p.m., TheWrap has learned exclusively from the network. We’ve also got your first look at that premiere above. In ...

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 ...

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 ...