Sports
The Lady Nanooks volleyball team hosted Monroe Catholic and Bethel over the weekend and dominated both teams. Bethel brought both JV and varsity teams. Monroe, of Fairbanks, is 13-4 and currently in...
Cross-country runners from Nome-Beltz, Kotzebue, Unalakleet and Savoonga ran for glory and for health Friday evening on the Nome cross-country course. Racers competed in elementary, middle school,...
The Nanook cross-country running team put in a long day Saturday raising funds for the upcoming season. For the pledge run the young athletes get family and friends to pledge a certain amount of...
St. Michael is a small village with a big history. From its origin as a Native Alaskan settlement to its Russian fort and trading post history and the subsequent explosion as a transit point for the...
Nome’s Native Youth Olympics were held Sunday through Tuesday and drew a good crowd of strong and agile young people to test themselves in the strenuous events.
Sunday’s competition included the...
Unalakleet’s Stuart Towarak set a new Arctic Winter Games record in the Open Male One-Foot High Kick in South Slave, NWT Canada last Thursday. Towarak, the son of former champion high kicker Ike...
The Nome Nanooks cheerleaders took first place in the Alaska State Activities Association’s Large Division Championships held on March 22 in Anchorage. They competed against some of the state’s...
The Iditarod family of mushers, volunteers, and everybody else filled Nome’s Rec Center gym Sunday night for the Last Great Race’s Nome finisher’s banquet. Over 600 people sat down to listen to the...
Fifty-five snowmachine racers gathered under sunny, clear skies and cold temperatures in the single digits on the sea ice east of Nome to hit the trail for the 52nd running of the Nome-Golovin...
Sixty-seven mushers and their teams gathered in downtown Anchorage on Saturday, March 2 for the ceremonial start of the 46th running of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Overcast skies, temperatures...