It’s that time again! This weekend, a large crowd got together as the 47th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race kicked off. It began on Saturday with a ceremonial sprint in Anchorage. A whopping 52 musher-dog teams prepared for the 1,000-mile race. And the dogs were excited. Many of them barked incessantly before taking off on […]

ALASKA – Almost twenty-six years ago today, a twenty-year-old woman was viciously murdered at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Sophie Sergie was a native Alaskan from Pitkas Point attending the University. Sadly, the murder occurred in 1993. When the offense occurred, she was raped, repeatedly stabbed in the eyes and face, and shot in the […]

Last year, sixteen drivers from the company Carbon Express Inc., tackled a special delivery project. They transported petroleum-based drilling fluids from Illinois and Texas to Alaska in a cross-country trip. And apparently, the journey was an incredible experience for the truckers. Unfamiliar with the beautiful Alaskan scenery and stretches of daylight in the summer, the […]