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While the snowpack at Eaglecrest is far lower than normal, March is historically a big snow month.

Southeast Alaska’s Gold Medal Basketball Tournament began more than 70 years ago, which means many players and volunteers are following in their parents’ footsteps. 

A competitor and former student of the Gracie family, Eduardo Rocha recently brought his teachings of Brazilian jiu-jitsu to a local gym in Sitka.

This is the third win and fourth finish in Nome for Jay Petervary of Idaho. Petervary said finishing the human-powered, 1,000-mile race across Alaska is an “overpowering” experience.

Sen. Murkowski’s staffers regularly update this Iditarod map outside her Washington office. “People who probably didn’t know anything about the Iditarod before this was out are buzzing about it,” said Press Secretary Hannah Ray.

There’s been a shakeup along the Iditarod trail. Bad weather along the coast earlier today hampered the race’s front runners.