Ava White
Statewide Morning News Host/ReporterAva is the statewide morning news host at Alaska Public Media, and she covers local and state economic trends as a reporter. (Catch her weekly Economic Report on Thursdays.)
Ava started in her current role in February 2024, after working as a reporter for KNOM in Nome. She graduated from the University of Alaska Anchorage with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and public communications, and a minor in communications.
Outside of work, Ava enjoys baking new recipes to give to her friends and family. Her favorite thing to make is a key lime pie.
Reach Ava at awhite@alaskapublic.org or 907-550-8445.
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Spring will be sprung, officially, on Friday, as Anchorage is gaining almost six minutes of daylight each day. -
Runner-up Travis Beals pulled under the Burled Arch more than four hours after Jessie Holmes clinched victory. -
The 44-year-old from Brushkana Creek off the Denali Highway is the first musher to defend an Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race title in a decade. Team Can’t Stop completed the race in 9 days, 7 hours and 32 minutes, having led most of the way after starting in Willow on March 8. -
Jessie Holmes and Team Can't Stop have a four-hour lead over their closest competitor, veteran Travis Beals of Seward. -
It’s the first dog death of the 2026 race. Last year, one dog died while racing. -
Jessie Holmes and Team Can’t Stop have led much of the 2026 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Only a handful of mushers have won it consecutively, and it's been a decade since a repeat championship. -
Teams in the 2026 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race experienced windchill down to 45 below near McGrath, more than 300 miles into the 1,000-mile trail. -
Students in the IditaRead Challenge move along the trail one mile per minute spent reading. -
Snow continued to fall Saturday as 37 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race teams mushed through Alaska’s largest city. -
Ready to mush into the weekend?
