On the road with Anne Zink: Alaska’s chief medical officer continues the COVID-19 fight and looks ahead as vaccine demand tapers
She met with vaccine skeptics, health care workers and others on a recent trip to the Kenai Peninsula.
For Alaska’s Army commander, Memorial Day is about more than platitudes
Maj. Gen. Peter Andrysiak talked about his own difficult experiences at Anchorage’s downtown ceremony.
Tsimshian singer shares “good energy” on Anchorage streets
Johon Atkinson, visiting from Metlakatla, plans to sing downtown each day while he’s in Anchorage.
Anchorage graduates are showing cultural pride more than ever. But officials are rethinking a regalia rule that failed some.
The school district superintendent halted enforcement of a new policy after two students were mistakenly denied the chance to wear regalia at graduation.
Paratroopers face dozens of physical and skill tests on JBER with hopes of being pinned an ‘expert’
More than 600 soldiers tried for the Expert Infantry and Expert Soldier badges over the course of a grueling week.
‘Send help now’: Two mushers describe the events that led to their rescue from the Kobuk 440 race trail
Jeff King feared freezing to death. Philip Hanke was out of food and bogged down in snow. Both pressed the SOS button in the season-ending sled dog race.
Anchorage river otters are fun to watch, but keep your dog away
Belly-sliding otters may be cute, but they’re also voracious predators with sharp teeth.
Play-by-play in Cup’ik: A small Western Alaska radio station broadcasts state basketball action in its region’s Native language
Broadcasters say their coverage delights village elders and helps keep their language alive for youths.
Iditarod teams had to hoof it past bison, horses and moose this year
Mushers and race officials managed several animal encounters as the race returned to Willow.
The Iditarod was Sable the sled dog’s 15th near-thousand-mile race. Now, the couch awaits.
The 10-year-old female lead dog has finished all but two of the ultra-distance races she has started with Cantwell mushers Cody Strathe and Paige Drobny.
‘Day by day, she’s getting better’: Iditarod musher Aliy Zirkle is mending from head injury, dislocated arm
Her husband, fellow long-distance musher Allen Moore, said her injury doesn’t affect their plans to retire from competitive mushing.
Close calls and career bests: Seasoned mushers round out Iditarod’s top 10
The top 10 was filled with Iditarod veterans, who have a combined 98 finishes. Second-place Aaron Burmeister has finished 20 Iditarods; 10th-place Ramey Smyth has finished 24.