Casey Grove
Alaska News Nightly HostCasey Grove is host of Alaska News Nightly and a general assignment reporter at Alaska Public Media.
Casey is a lifelong Alaskan, born and raised in Fairbanks, and a graduate of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where he majored in journalism and minored in arctic survival. He’s lived in Anchorage since 2006, and his reporting has taken him all across Alaska, from courtrooms to the Iditarod Trail. Prior to Alaska Public Media, Casey worked at the Anchorage Press, Alaska’s News Source, the Anchorage Daily News and the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.
A love of the outdoors and telling good stories keeps Casey’s roots in Alaska strong.
Reach Casey at cgrove@alaskapublic.org.
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Paige Drobny’s team arrived here in 5th place early Wednesday morning, followed by Mille Porsild in 7th, Amanda Otto in 8th and Jessie Royer in 10th. -
Delmer is six years old and racing in his fourth Iditarod, Pete Kaiser said. -
Musher Dallas Seavey dashed across the finish line in Nome on Tuesday, breaking a tie with five-time champ Rick Swenson. -
If he wins, Dallas Seavey will have overcome a penalty earlier in the race for not sufficiently gutting a moose he shot after it attacked his team. -
“He’s a sweet boy," Dallas Seavey said of Titan. "There’s a lot of things I love about him." -
Seavey regained the lead after a two-hour penalty earlier in the race. -
Mushers’ family, friends and fans began calling Peace on Earth weeks ago to place pizza orders. Many asked for special messages to be written on the boxes. -
Lauro Eklund said Skookum means solid or strong, and it's the perfect name for a rowdy dog who's "beating up on his siblings all the time." -
The mushers are adding clothing to themselves and their dogs to stay warm in subzero windchills. -
“She loves to be pet, so every time you’re walking by, she gives you a paw," said Anna Berington.
