Marc Lester

Patrick Holland of North Pole relocated to Seattle after missing out on a heart transplant due to the weather. Since then, it’s been a bumpy road.

Champions were crowned in the 1A and 2A boys and girls basketball tournaments in Anchorage, capping a big week for athletes and fans from across Alaska.

The Mann Leiser solarium and tropical greenhouse draws visitors who need a break from snow and cold.

Hear from some of the Iditarod’s 33 mushers before the nearly 1,000-mile race to Nome gets underway.

The Eureka musher says he’s “fired up” as the race begins, with many dogs who helped him win last year.

Nenana 15-year-old Emily Robinson, the repeat champion of the Junior Iditarod, has won all five races she has entered this season, including some against adults.

The veteran Iditarod musher spent years resetting his life and restarting his kennel before setting his sights on the race again. He returns to the race while coping with the death of his brother, an Iditarod giant.

Photos: Sixteen teen mushers left the starting line at Knik for the overnight race.

Fairbanks is America’s coldest city. It has no low-barrier shelter.

The center plans to provide programs and services for its ‘LGBTQIA2S+’ community, as well as a place to connect.

Alaska Black Caucus hopes its Martin Luther King Jr. Day event will become an annual tradition.

From high kicks to late kicks, celebrations and sorrow, the year in sports had it all.

The year in Alaska was marked by extreme weather, captivating politics and delightful moments of life.

Big flocks of the highly vocal, berry-gobbling birds can be entertaining to watch in winter.

Moose, eagles and ravens keep wildlife specialists occupied in winter around Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, which faces unique challenges.