Tegan Hanlon, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage
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Meet 12 Iditarod dogs from Steve, who’s kind of a jerk, to Nala, the peppy cheerleader
We’ve been publishing a “dog of the day” during the Iditarod. Here’s a round-up of who we’ve met so far.
The Iditarod has a new champion: Brent Sass arrives first to Nome
The 42-year-old musher took command of this year’s race around the halfway point and never gave it up.
‘Kind of a dream’: Brent Sass races to Nome, poised to win his first Iditarod
Brent Sass and his 11-dog team dashed out of the White Mountain checkpoint at 7:05 p.m., with just 77 miles to the finish line.
Chevelle, who loves to bark
“If the team slows down too much, then she starts barking to get them to go faster,” said Paige Drobny.
Brent Sass and his 12 dogs race out of Kaltag, holding onto Iditarod lead
Iditarod musher Brent Sass and his dog team raced out of Kaltag at 10:36 a.m. Saturday.
Aaron Burmeister and his 13-dog team are first to McGrath
For his first-place arrival, Burmeister won a pair of locally-made musher mitts and a musher hat.
Our favorite 30 photos from the snowy 2022 Iditarod ceremonial start
As one race fan put it, the Iditarod felt back to "normal-ish."
The 2022 Iditarod starts this weekend. Here’s what to know.
The race, in some ways, is back to normal: Mushers are again dashing 1,000 miles to Nome.
Anchorage and Mat-Su schools close as forecast calls for more rain and snow
The Hatcher Pass Avalanche Center is also warning of “very dangerous avalanche conditions.”
The K300 starts Friday and it will look a bit different this year. Here’s what to know.
“It’s going to be a fast trail, that’s for sure, at least in the lower part of the river,” said the race manager.
Strong winds hammer Mat-Su, leading to widespread damage and power outages
The winds, reaching up to 91 mph Sunday near Palmer, flipped small planes, overturned semitrucks, toppled trees, tore off roofs and closed Mat-Su schools for at least two days.
Miss Alaska, Emma Broyles, is crowned Miss America
Alaskans across the state are celebrating the news that Emma Broyles, from Anchorage, was crowned Miss America Thursday night. She’s the first Miss Alaska to win the Miss America competition.
Alaskans we’ve lost to COVID: Teresa Maria Pope, Chida-mom
More than 800 Alaskans have died of COVID-19 since early 2020. We asked readers and listeners to tell us about the lives of some of those people and they responded.
Anchorage-based trooper arrested on multiple domestic violence assault charges
Garrett Willis, 40, lives in Wasilla and was arrested on Monday.
Alaska reports 16 recent COVID deaths, 475 new infections
State health officials have said it’s possible Alaska’s massive surge in cases is leveling off after recording record numbers of infections and hospitalizations last month and in early October. Infection numbers, however, are sill high. The state continues to have the nation's highest rate of COVID cases.
Alaska records nearly 2,800 new COVID cases over the weekend, 4 deaths
State health leaders say they’re hopeful the worst is over, but this week’s data will better reveal whether that’s true.
Alaska’s COVID hospitalizations, patients on ventilators climb over the weekend
Alaska reported its second-highest total of COVID-19 hospitalizations on Monday.
Anchorage school nurses are busier than ever as the coronavirus transforms their jobs
As the city wades through its worst coronavirus surge yet, driven by the super contagious delta variant, school nurses have become a go-to source of information for families.
Alaska reports 1,095 COVID cases, a new daily high
It's Alaska's highest-ever daily tally of new cases, and it comes a day after doctors at Providence Alaska Medical Center announced the hospital was rationing care due to staffing shortages and an overload of patients infected with the coronavirus.
Alaska reports another 7 deaths from COVID-19
Six of the people who died are from Alaska, and one is a nonresident.