The Kuskokwim 300 Race Committee says that 13 mushers have already signed up to participate in the January race as the area takes on a nostalgic chill, allowing trails to be marked further and further out.
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An Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew rescued a mariner Monday after his sail boat grounded between Seward and Chenega. The 47-foot Lieveling lost power and went aground on Cape Puget, about 210 miles north of Kodiak.
Teens injured in single-vehicle crash on Prince of Wales Island
Two teens received non-life-threatening injuries Saturday afternoon in a single-vehicle accident on Prince of Wales Island.
Suspicious Soldotna deaths under investigation
Troopers found two burned bodies in a Ford Bronco off a trail near a Soldotna residence.
21-year-old man facing charges in shooting death
A 21-year-old man is facing charges in the shooting death of a relative. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports Alaska State Troopers found the body of 51-year-old Riba Dewilde at her home in Tok on Saturday morning. A news release says investigators determined she was shot by a family member. The 21-year-old man faces first- and…