Northwest Planning, LLC

06/09/2026

Did you know Lillian Alling? We are looking for people with memories of her & the amazing walking journey from New York to Nome, Alaska, from 1926-1929.

Contact us at [email protected] or call 907 217 1298.

Background: in 1926, Lillian Alling a Polish immigrant, left New York City towards Nome, Alaska, in an effort to walk across the Bering Strait & return to Poland.

On August 31, 1929, the Nome Nugget Newspaper mentioned her traveling from St. Michael to Nome, en route to Teller, Wales & Diomede. She may have been helped by Iñupiaq people to cross the Bering Strait by boat to Uelen, Siberia, via Diomede Islands.

05/22/2026

Happy Memorial Day 2026

05/14/2026

On behalf of our company, congratulations to the Class of 2026 for reaching your educational milestone! Best wishes for continued growth for an amazing & bright future. www.nwplanning.net

05/04/2026

Our Alaskan company joins the country in celebrating National Small Business Week! We recognize all small businesses for the amazing hard work, ingenuity, dedication, and contributions to local to statewide economies.

05/02/2026

Congratulations to University of Alaska Fairbanks honorary doctor of humane letters Aġnik Schaeffer and honorary doctor of science Vera Metcalf. Our team joins in celebrating lifetime contributions to Arctic communities and Inuit cultures.

04/30/2026

Great SAFE Arctic Tabletop Exercises with Nome, Teller, Anchorage and virtual participants for a safer US Arctic. Awesome collaboration with the UNH Coastal Response Research Center - CRRC with funding from the Arctic Domain Awareness Center.

04/20/2026

Quyaana to all the participants in the Nome Workshop for the Sea Ice Forecasting Project. Great presentations, networking, and recommendations to improve sea ice monitoring, tools, and forecasts for better supporting Arctic stakeholders.

04/18/2026

Awesome sharing of Inuit knowledge of sea ice and the environment during the Sea Ice Forecast Workshop. There is great potential to improve ice forecast and monitoring tools in collaboration with agencies, researchers and communities. Quyaana for the sharing and networking.

04/17/2026

Sea Ice 🧊 Forecast Workshop started today at the UAF - Northwest Campus in Nome. Come join the workshop tomorrow 4/17 at 8:30 am in the Grand Hall.

04/14/2026

Join us for a workshop this week on sea ice to learn and share recommendations to improve 72-hour forecasts.

In April, the border between Nome's sandy beaches and the Bering Sea is invisible, covered by feet of frozen water and snow. Throughout the day, crabbers can be spotted darting across the ice on snowmachines, plopping giant metal crab pots into holes in the white expanse. They return every few…