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Lauren Bretz: Anchored in faith
For Lauren Bretz, strength to handle her husband's yearlong deployment came from her faith.
Cari Collins: Keeping it together
Cari Collins offers a glimpse into her life raising four daughters alone while her husband serves in Iraq, and what his return will mean.
Colleen Mihalic: Counting the days
Colleen Mihalic recounts her journey through isolation and sadness and finally welcomes her husband home.
When Anchorage residents woke up Tuesday morning, much of what they left when they went to bed was covered in snow. As the city digs itself, check out images of what the snow did to the area.
Fur Rendezvous through the years
Since its inception in the late 1930s, Fur Rondy has been the premiere winter carnival in Alaska. Share your photos from as far back as possible to contribute to our already large reader gallery.
Check out scenes from the 14th Ski for Women race, the annual event held at Kincaid Park on Super Bowl Sunday for those not obsessed with football.
Take a look at life in and around the house in Eagle River that is headquarters for Church of the Flaming Funk. The group gathers there to create original and rehearse their fire performances.
Hot water and great pies: Takotna has what mushers need
Checkpoint Takotna on the Iditarod trail is a favorite rest spot for many mushers. Good location, tasty food and delicious pies are all there.
Iditarod musher and cancer patient Pat Moon
Iditarod rookie Pat Moon of Chicago shares his story before the Restart in Willow on Sunday, Mar. 7, 2010. Moon has decided to follow his dream of running the 1,000-mile sled dog race and has postponed his treatment for cancer.
Anchorage's Airport Railroad Terminal
The upstairs terminal is empty in the Bill Sheffield Alaska Railroad Depot at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. The facility used to be available for hosting events over the winter, but now remains closed from mid-September to mid-May.
Ketchikan artist Ray Troll has 20 paintings and five murals on display at the "Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway" exhibit in Seattle. Shells, skulls, bones, impressions and other fossils make up the collection, and are part of a book, also titled, "Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway," written by paleontologist Kirk Johnson and illustrated by Troll.