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Sled dogs rest at the McGrath checkpoint this week during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. (Zachariah Hughes/for ADN) The Iditarod’s five top mushers were running within two hours of each other Saturday as they started their last push to the finish line, with Aaron Burmeister of Nome seizing the lead in search of his…

A Grant Aviation plane was damaged in an incident in Chevak that forced it off the runway as it was attempting to take off. March 12, 2021. (Courtesy of Jessica Ayuluk) A Grant Aviation plane was damaged near the runway in Chevak. The incident occurred on Friday, March 12 shortly after 5:00 p.m. “We’re not…

Joar Olsom leaves the Ophir checkpoint with his dog team during the Iditarod Sled Dog Race on Friday March 12th, 2021. (Zachariah Hughes/for ADN) Since we left off, an Iditarod musher has tested positive for COVID-19 and been withdrawn, Dallas Seavey has taken the lead in his return to the race and, instead of leaving…

Doug Ramsey and Alaska Wildlife Trooper Jason Knier at the hole in the ice where they pulled an 8-year-old boy who had fallen into the river on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 (Department of Public Safety photo) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. You can subscribe to Alaska Public Media’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at…

Anchorage on an April evening. Taken April, 2008. Photo from Flickr/Wikipedia, by Frank. K. Creative Commons License 2.0 Generic The mail-in election is April 6, and ballots will be sent to voters on March 15, the day of today’s program. Our format for RUNNING is different this year. Candidates are not live on the air.…

Gunnar Johnson and his dog team travel down the Susitna River during the start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Sunday, March 7, 2021. (Bill Roth/ADN) Iditarod officials are trying to track down two mushers who may have been exposed to COVID-19 when they shared a tent with Gunnar Johnson before he tested…

Gunnar Johnson travels down the Susitna River during the start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Sunday, March 7, 2021. Johnson tested positive for COVID-19 during the race on March 10 in McGrath and was flown off the trail. (Bill Roth / ADN) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. You can subscribe to…

Deb Haaland had a confirmation hearing in the Senate Energy Committee Feb 23, 2021. (Screenshot from Senate Energy Committee video) U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan on Thursday voted to move ahead with Deb Haaland’s nomination to be Interior secretary. Sullivan was the last of Alaska’s congressional delegation to officially weigh in on Haaland. Congressman Don Young…

Sen. Lora Reinbold, R-Eagle River, smiles before taking her seat on the Senate floor on Tuesday, January 21, 2020 in Juneau, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/KTOO). Reinbold was banned from the Capitol in Juneau on Wednesday March 10, 2020 for not complying with COVID-19 safety precautions. Stories are posted on the statewide news page. You can subscribe to Alaska…

Map: Shiri Segal/Alaska Public Media The Biden administration is continuing, at least for now, to defend the Trump administration’s land swap in the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. The swap is intended to allow for a road through part of the refuge, to link King Cove and Cold Bay. King Cove residents have for decades pushed…

Merrick Garland in 2016. (Senate Democrats/Creative Commons) The U.S. Senate has confirmed Merrick Garland as attorney general, by a vote of 70-30. Alaska’s senators were divided: Lisa Murkowski voted yes while Dan Sullivan voted no. Sullivan’s press secretary said the senator had concerns about Garland’s views on the Second Amendment. At his confirmation hearing last…

Aliy Zirkle, of Two Rivers, greets fans as she passes by. Zirkle says this is will be her last Iditarod start. Forty-six mushers began the 2021 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race from Deshka Landing in Willow on March 7, 2021. (Marc Lester / ADN) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. You can subscribe to Alaska…

A vial of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at the community vaccine clinic held at Manai Fou Assembly of God Church in Airport Heights on Feb. 23, 2021. (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media) Alaska will become the first state in the country to open COVID-19 vaccinations to anyone 16 and older, officials announced Tuesday, capping a swift…

The Anchorage School District delivers free breakfasts and lunches to students in Glencaren Court in East Anchorage on Friday, March, 20, 2020. (Tegan Hanlon/Alaska Public Media) Since the COVID-19 pandemic closed down schools a year ago, one major challenge for the Anchorage School District has been feeding its more than 40,000 students. First was the…

Anchorage School District registered nurse Jennifer Perkins (right) administers the Moderna Covid-19 vaccination to retired chemistry teacher David Boyd (left). Boyd was one of 771 people who received vaccines at the ASD Education Center on Jan. 7, 2021. (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media) A 21-year-old with an asthma inhaler, a 30-year-old oil roughneck and a 56-year-old…

Wade Marrs, of Willow, waves to fans. Forty-six mushers began the 2021 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race from Deshka Landing in Willow on March 7, 2021. (Marc Lester / ADN) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. You can subscribe to Alaska Public Media’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. Monday on Alaska…

Jessie Holmes travels on the Susitna River in front of Cindy Gallea and Rick Casillo during the start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Sunday, March 7, 2021. (Bill Roth / ADN) Veteran musher Cindy Gallea dropped out of the 2021 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race early Monday, about 80 miles into the…

Musher Dallas Seavey and his team take off from the start of the 2021 Iditarod at Deshka Landing near Willow, Alaska on Sunday, March 7, 2021. Racers had to be COVID-19 tested shortly before the start of their race, and access to the start area was restricted for reporters and fans. (Tegan Hanlon/Alaska Public Media)…

The soup aisle at Fred Meyer in South Anchorage is almost completely barren as people stock up on groceries during the start of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020. (Joey Mendolia/Alaska Public Media) It’s been almost a year since the coronavirus pandemic began. The virus charged in and changed so much of our lives so…

The Kuskokwim River ice road near Bethel. (Bethel Search and Rescue) Bethel Search and Rescue discovered a body near a snow machine just south of Bethel on March 3. Troopers say they’ve identified 44-year-old Kasigluk resident Minnie Kalila. Her family has been notified. According to a dispatch by the Alaska State Troopers, the body was…

A woman in Nome at a crossroads with the ocean in the distance. (Photo by Brisa Alarcon/KNOM). High rates of sexual assault and violence against women have plagued Alaska for decades. The collective damage affects entire communities. Survivor advocates and journalists have helped uncover how widespread the problems are. In Nome, some advocates are working…