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The Kuskokwim 300 is resuming its traditional route this year after taking an abbreviated route last year. The race is once again looping through the halfway point of Aniak, but the checkpoint won’t quite look like years past. That’s because of new race rules, and because the village has been hit hard by COVID-19.

Three top mushers in this year's race -- Bethel’s Pete Kaiser, Aniak’s Richie Diehl, and Willow’s Matthew Failor --are not only each other’s top competition, but also really good friends who talk all the time.

Family of a St. Paul Island toddler who authorities say died at the hands of his foster parents last month are at odds over where the boy should be buried.

Some members of the Alaska Legislature are considering a possible punishment for Wasilla Republican Rep. David Eastman because of his membership in a far-right paramilitary group, the Oath Keepers, whose leaders have been indicted in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

“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.

Anchorage resident and U.S. cross-country ski team member Rosie Brennan says she's helped by her experience, not just in Olympic or World Cup racing, but in having already navigated the first year of a global pandemic as an athlete.

Some Kuskokwim mushers competing in this weekend’s K300 race say that they’ve been contending with some of the most challenging training conditions of their careers.

The Iditarod finalizes its COVID mitigation plan, and at least one popular village won't be a checkpoint this year. Also, the legal and regulatory battle over a gas leak in Cook Inlet continues.

S. Lane Tucker is an attorney in the Anchorage office of the law firm Stoel Rives LLP.

Scott Patterson and his sister Caitlin grew up skiing in Anchorage. And now both compete at the highest level of the sport.