In 1938 the paper's name changed for the final time back to the Nome Nugget.
Following McGuire's death in 2016, the Nugget Publishing Corporation was handled by her estate during purchase negotiations.
According to the newspaper, “Nome is the logistical and economical hub for the surrounding 15 Bering Strait and Norton Sound communities that are off the road system.” It is the only news outlet with reach to nearly every village in the region.
They include Little Diomede, Shishmaref, Wales, Brevig Mission, Teller, Solomon, Council, White Mountain, Golovin, Elim, Koyuk, Shaktoolik, Unalakleet, St. Michaels and Stebbins.
[1] The Fourth Kind, a 2009 science fiction/horror film starring Milla Jovovich, was set in Nome, and to promote the film, Universal Pictures created a website with fake news stories supposedly taken from real Alaskan newspapers, including the Nugget and the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.