Matias Saari

What we are doing now is not working and has the potential to significantly affect our kids’ physical and mental health.

Esther Kennedy of Sitka wins the women’s race with a little more time to spare.

The Tour of Anchorage was first held in 1988, and 67-year-old Bruce Talbot hasn’t missed one of them.

Not much surprises veteran Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race mushers. But 2014's winter of extremes - bitter cold, freezing rain, 50-degree temperatures in February - has left Iditarod organizers, racers and watchers wondering how this year's 1,000-mile march to Nome will play out.

The nation's best junior skiers are getting a warmer than expected welcome in Fairbanks for the national championships, which begin Monday at Birch Hill.

The Seawolves and Air Force skated to a 3-3 tie Saturday night at Sullivan Arena, giving UAA the championship of its own hockey tournament for the second straight year.

Silver the sled dog has created quite a legacy for himself, replete with rescues, trail-breaking tales, T-shirts and a tattoo.

Just about everyone in Sullivan Arena saw the puck in the air except for the one guy who could do anything about it: UAA goalie Rob Gunderson.

Five goals found the net during Friday's night contest between UAA and Minnesota State, and Seawolves skaters were the last to touch the puck on all but one of them.

Two weeks ago, Kodiak's Trevor Dunbar ran 20 seconds faster than the existing state 3,200-meter run record. But he's not sure what to expect today at the state track and field championships in Fairbanks after being sidelined much of this week with strep throat.

DAWSON CITY -- After resting and healing in Dawson City during a 36-hour layover, mushers in the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race resumed their push for Whitehorse on Saturday in what has become a two-team battle for victory.

DAWSON CITY -- Lance Mackey believes he has a dog team that's just a little faster than Ken Anderson's. And that may be enough to carry the Fairbanks musher to his fourth straight victory in the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race.

Ken Anderson of Fox said the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race's reputation as the toughest in the world is proving true. The race for victory has become a neighbor-vs.-neighbor affair for two Fairbanks mushers.

CENTRAL -- For Phil Joy and Bill Pinkham, a successful navigation of Eagle Summit was far from just another dog sled ride.