The city of Sitka recently installed overhead LED lights at the Turnaround Skate Park, a popular hang-out spot for skaters and scooter riders looking to catch some air.
Sports
No more cross-town rivalry: Juneau to have new district-wide football team
Instead of consolidating Thunder Mountain High School’s football team and cheer squad into Juneau Douglas High School’s as planned, the Juneau School District will create a completely new team.
Alaska powerlifter breaks world record, squatting 3.2 times her body weight
A former Bethel resident broke a world weight-lifting record Friday morning. Powerlifter Natalie Hanson squatted 603 pounds in the women’s 185-pound weight class at the World Open Powerlifting Championship on Friday morning in the Czech Republic.
Thunder Mountain football players ask district to create new football identity for Juneau
Thunder Mountain High School students, coaches and parents came together Tuesday night, but not for a game. They showed up to the Board of Education meeting to voice concern about the recent decision to merge their football team with Juneau-Douglas High School’s.
ASAA approves request to combine Juneau’s high school football teams
The Alaska School Activities Association has approved a request from the Juneau School District to combine its high school football teams and cheer squads beginning next fall. The request was approved by a 4-1 vote at Thursday’s ASAA Board of Directors meeting.
A mushing dog whodunit amid Iditarod doping scandal
The mushing world has been rocked by an unfolding scandal over doping in the Iditarod. It started two weeks ago, when the race’s governing body announced it was changing rules for drug tests after a banned substance was found in four dogs from a top team. Speculation ignited. http://media.aprn.org/2017/ann-20171024-01.mp3 The Iditarod Trail Committee announced Monday…