Four days and 700 miles after departing from Victoria, British Columbia, Team Pure and Wild Freeburd sailed into Ketchikan, making them the winners of the 2017 Race to Alaska.
Sports
Race to Alaska boating contest attracts no Alaskans
The only Alaska team in this year’s Race to Alaska has withdrawn. That means the Washington state-to-Ketchikan competition will involve mostly Pacific Northwest motorless boaters.
Bethel’s homegrown women’s powerlifter breaks a national record again
Natalie Hanson of Bethel has broken both an American record, and an unofficial world record in powerlifting.
Juneau high school soccer teams play to help injured player
Every year Thunder Mountain and Juneau-Douglas High Schools’ soccer teams turn one or two games into a cancer awareness fundraiser. This year the fundraiser is dedicated to Hunter Rathbone.
Eaglecrest Ski Area names new general manager
Eaglecrest Ski Area’s next general manager will be David Scanlan. The former Kenai Peninsula business owner has run a community owned ski area in Maine since 2013.
Hunt opens for muskox stranded on Triangle Island
Fish and Game biologist Patrick Jones says the animal most likely floated over from the herd on Nunivak Island.