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In the wee hours of Tuesday morning, Dallas Seavey and his dog team came running down front to claim victory in this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and he sat a new race record.

Dennis Davis using social media to share the footage he collects in an effort to raise awareness about the effects of climate change on Alaska’s Northwest coast.

The Senate may vote on its version of the budget on Saturday. Then the two houses will work to resolve the differences.

Sen. Donny Olson joined Republicans in the Senate Majority last month, and with that move came funds for one more staffer. Olson, a Democrat from Golovin, brought on a former employee who has a long history in the Alaska Legislature.

The men were attempting to cross the strait when they began to drift north into the open ocean.

The closure would save more than a million dollars outright, but some say it would come at the expense of children who live in Western Alaska.