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Elma the mammoth’s wanderings mapped across Alaska
University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers were able to use strontium isotopes in a 14,000-year-old mammoth's tusk to retrace its life.
Bethel’s Pete Kaiser notches his 7th Kusko 300 win
Kaiser arrived at the Bethel finish line at 12:26 p.m. on Sunday with his team of 11 dogs.
Kenai man has the nation’s 19th-best mullet
Joe Malatesta III has been growing out his curly mullet for four years
Mary Peltola will make history today as she joins Congress. Here’s how to watch live.
Democrat Mary Peltola’s swearing-in is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Alaska Daylight Time Tuesday, with live video on the U.S. House’s website.
‘You’re part of our family’: Anchorage students from a now-closed JBER school get warm welcome into new classrooms
Teachers and students started the year at new schools on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson this fall after their school, Ursa Major Elementary, was closed over earthquake concerns.
Anchorage group rallies for reproductive rights in wake of Supreme Court leak
Roughly 200 people attended the rush hour reproductive rights rally Tuesday in the wake of the release of a draft U.S. Supreme Court opinion that suggests justices are poised to overturn Roe v. Wade.
In one Interior Alaska village, ‘a way of life’ comes to a bittersweet close
“There’s not going to be basketball here,” said high schooler John Erhart Jr. “This is like a basketball community.”
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.
The race is on: Iditarod teams hit the trail in Willow under clear skies
Some mushers worried about the heat for their dogs as warm temperatures heated the snow.
Pete Kaiser wins the 2022 Bogus Creek 150, sweeping both Kuskokwim mid-distance sled dog races this season
Kaiser, of Bethel, won the Bogus Creek 150 race on Sunday.
After more than a decade, overcrowded Shaktoolik is finally getting new homes
Alaskans are twice as likely to live in an overcrowded household than the national average. Rates are highest in small, off-the-road-system communities like Shaktoolik.
While Chignik fishermen wait on 2018 relief funds, some look beyond the fishery to survive
Chignik fishermen are finally expecting federal relief funds to start coming in. But that assistance may be too late.
How a Dillingham hairstylist turned her salon into a free store
People can donate anything from clothes to furniture to daily necessities. The shop also serves as a place for anyone to get out of the cold and warm up.