Author: Mark Thiessen
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Iditarod issues time penalty to Seavey for not properly gutting moose that he killed on the trail
Five-time Iditarod champion Dallas Seavey’s path to a possible record-breaking sixth title just got a little longer
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5-time Iditarod champion Dallas Seavey kills and guts a moose that got entangled with his dog team
A veteran musher had to kill a moose after it injured his dog shortly after the start of this year’s Iditarod
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Alaska’s Iditarod dogs get neon visibility harnesses after 5 were fatally hit while training
The Iditarod, the annual sled dog race celebrating Alaska’s official state sport, got underway Saturday with a new emphasis on safety after five dogs died and eight were injured in collisions with snowmobiles while training
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Minnesota company and employee cited for reckless driving in Alaska crash that killed 3 sled dogs
Both a Minnesota man testing a snowmobile for his employer and the company have been cited for reckless driving after the machine slammed into a sled dog team and killed three dogs in December
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Skier killed, 2 others hurt after falling about 1,000 feet in Alaska avalanche
One backcountry skier died and two others were injured in an avalanche on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, as warm weather and high winds raise the risks for snowslides in the state
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Dexter Scott King remembered during memorial as keeper of his father Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream
Dexter Scott King, the late son of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, has been memorialized as the protector of his family’s legacy and the keeper of the dream during a service in Atlanta
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Anchorage mayor resigns after acknowledging relationship
ANCHORAGE, Alaska • The mayor of Alaska’s largest city submitted his resignation, four days after an anchorwoman at a local television station threatened to report he had posted nude photos of himself on a website. Ethan Berkowitz initially denied the allegation, but on Monday acknowledged he had an inappropriate relationship with Maria Athens, the anchor…
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Alaska teens charged in ‘murder for millions’ slaying
ANCHORAGE, Alaska • Two Alaska teens hoping to cash in on a $9 million offer from a Midwest millionaire brutally killed a developmentally disabled woman on a popular trail outside Anchorage, shooting her in the back of the head and dumping her body in a river, authorities allege. The millionaire’s only demand for the payout…
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Team heads to Alaska to probe sightseeing planes collision
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A team of federal airplane accident investigators was expected to arrive in Alaska on Tuesday to investigate the cause of a midair collision between two sightseeing planes that killed at least four people. The four died when the floatplanes carrying cruise ship tourists collided Monday near the southeast Alaska town of Ketchikan,…
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Quake doesn’t disrupt food, fuel supply to Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska • The supply chain of food and other goods delivered to the Port of Anchorage from the Lower 48 has not been disrupted by the powerful earthquake that caused widespread damage to roads in the Anchorage area. “The ships are coming in on schedule, the supply lines are at this point uninterrupted,” Anchorage…