Sports
The internet became the venue for 2021 NYO competition with young athletes from around the state competing via Zoom.
On Thursday and Friday, April 15 and 16, the event was the Alaska high kick and...
The Arctic Circle Racing Association got lucky in squeezing Kotzebue’s annual Archie Ferguson – Willie Goodwin Sr. snow machine race in between two nasty storms last weekend. Race Director Claude...
On Saturday, March 20, weather finally allowed the Nome-Golovin snowmachine race to be held. The race, scheduled for the previous weekend, had to be postponed twice because of very bad weather...
Talkeetna musher Dallas Seavey crossed the finish line at Deshka Landing on Monday morning at 5:08 a.m. winning his fifth Iditarod, and thus tying Rick Swenson for the distinction of holding five...
The Nanook varsity boys downed Kotzbue on the Huskies’ home court in two games over the past weekend to bring their record for the year to 8-0. Friday night they won 80 to 34 and Saturday 71 to 40....
The squeak of Nikes on the Nanook gym floor was a sign that basketball was back last weekend. One reason you could hear the squeaks is because there were very few fans present. Each player was...
Five teams of dogs and mushers braved stinging cold to make 46-mile runs on two consecutive days last weekend. The original plan was a race to Pilgrim Hot Springs and back but deteriorating trail...
Mushers are scheduled to hit the trail for the 49th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Sunday, March 7. For the first time ever, the 2021 Iditarod will not end in Nome, but instead will be an out and...
Right before launching into the dark from Nome at the Iron Dog halfway point last week, Mike Morgan predicted the race was going to come down to favor those who were saving the equipment and avoiding...
High school hoops returned to the region last weekend as Nome-Beltz and Unalakleet players met for the first school games since last March.
A decision by the Bering Straits School District board two...