The first sled dog race of the season in Bethel is less than two weeks away. The Bethel Sprint Club’s season opener starts at 1 p.m. December 10 and 11 The trail runs 12 to 14 miles and starts on the river in front of Bethel. The race holds a $8,000 purse and has no dog limit.
Weather
Ask a Climatologist: Bitter cold makes a comeback in Alaska
Alaska has settled into a notable stretch of seriously cold weather. Communities around the state are enduring low temperatures they haven’t seen in a few years.
Mariner safe after vessel loses power, goes aground on Cape Puget
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.
Wildfire tears through Tennessee as region suffers exceptional drought
At least four people were taken to hospitals with burns, and hundreds of structures were damaged or destroyed in Tennessee’s Sevier County after a wildfire moved into populated areas overnight.
Ask a Climatologist: Dreaming of a white Thanksgiving? Dream on, Anchorage.
In Alaska, a white Thanksgiving is usually a given for most of the state. But not this year. The entire state is below normal for snowfall.
Police, protesters clash near Dakota Access Pipeline route
Both sides faced off overnight on a highway bridge that has been a flashpoint in the ongoing protests over the Dakota Access Pipeline. At least one person was arrested.