“All our heroes are basketball players,” Arnold Marks says. “All of our parents and older siblings played basketball. And, you know, we don’t have enough equipment for football or baseball or anything else like that. Basketball’s it.”
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Heavy snowpack in several Alaska river basins raises concerns of possible spring flooding
The Yukon, Tanana, Koyukuk, Kuskokwim and Susitna basins all have more snowpack than usual — and some are well above normal.
Construction of a bridge across Denali Park Road landslide could start this year
Twenty-five million dollars in funding for the project comes from the federal infrastructure bill that passed late last year.
Weeks after its roof collapsed, Delta Junction’s only grocery store has been torn down
The owner plans to build a new store in the same location.
Delta Junction’s Slavic community, reeling over Ukraine war, launches relief effort
“Our friends from Russia are reaching out — actually, all over Europe,” Victoria Shestopalov said. “Nobody wants this to be happening.”
Hungry, aggressive moose put mushers on high alert before Iditarod
Reports of aggressive moose have spread south, including into areas that Iditarod mushers will pass through.