"2015"

Grim news dominated the capital city’s local headlines in 2015, including austere budgets from the state, city, and school district, a groundswell of concern over heroin overdoses, a spate of murders and our newly elected mayor’s unexpected death.

In a gorgeous warm May this year, we have not yet sniffed the bitter scent of flaming spruce. When we do, many of us will think back to a year that still haunts us.

Lance Mackey is a cancer survivor, but the disease and radiation treatment took a toll on the champion musher’s physical health.