Tribal leaders cited a need for unity Thursday amid looming federal spending cuts, two years after the conference left AFN over support for subsistence salmon.
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This Iditarod musher is racing with mostly rescue dogs from Alaska shelters
Justin Olnes’ team isn’t leading the pack this year, but the musher says he’s on a mission to showcase all the talent and potential that was previously hidden away in Alaska’s shelters.
33 mushers leave Fairbanks to take on the longest-ever Iditarod trail
A last-minute plan to change the route went off without a hitch despite significant changes to the original trail.
Interior Alaska communities now along the Iditarod trail sprint to make way for mushers
Business owners and checkpoint volunteers say they’re busy readying food and beds for Iditarod teams after race organizers’ last-minute decision to push the starting line north.
Ukraine invasion anniversary draws Fairbanks protest
A couple dozen Fairbanksans sang songs and rallied on a main street corner Monday, in an impromptu protest marking three years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
UAF to get $7.5M for research into Alaska’s critical mineral potential
The university’s Institute of Northern Engineering will use a $7.5 million DOE grant to expand its ongoing survey of critical minerals in Alaska, and beyond.