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Shelley Hughes

7:52 - 8:10

“And the Port of Nome is now under construction. So that's, that's phase 1 of this project.”
Timestamp
7:52 – 8:10
Community
Alaska News
Location
Alaska
Captured at
August 6, 2026

From the transcript

And that money then, now federal dollars, And the Port of Nome is now under construction. So that's, that's phase 1 of this project. So the vision that I— let's go ahead and look. Is there a slide that actually has the rail route?

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