Wilson Hoogendorn Wins 2024 Nome-Golovin Snowmachine Race
Competitors of the 2024 Nome Golovin snowmachine race wait at the start line as a helicopter hovers in the background. Janice Homekingkeo photo. March 20, 2024 Janice Homekingkeo, Communications Director Ben Townsend, News Director Huddled together in groups scattered across the frigid sea ice running parallel to Front Street, nearly 100 people cheered as rookie […]
Young Racers Shine at Fourth Annual Nome Youth 120 & 200 Snowmachine Race
A young competitor at the fourth annual Nome Youth 120 & 200 Snowmachine race leans into a turn around the freshly plowed track canvassing the small boat harbor in Nome. Janice Homekingkeo photo. March 19, 2024 Sarah Swartz, News Reporter Over 150 residents and motorsport fans scaled the railing near the small boat harbor in […]
Dallas Seavey Overcomes Early Adversity to Become Six-Time Iditarod Champion
2024 Iditarod Champion, Dallas Seavey, holds an oversized check above his head as the crowd on Front Street celebrates his victory. (Ben Townsend photo) March 12, 2024 Ben Townsend, News Director Dallas Seavey entered the history books with a dominant performance in the 2024 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, claiming a record sixth victory. Seavey […]
Team 39, Barber and Lapham, champion 2024 Iron Dog
February 26, 2024 Ava White, News Reporter Teams competing in what’s known as the toughest and longest snowmachine race in the world, the Iron Dog, reached the finish line in Big Lake, about an hour north of Anchorage, yesterday. The purse for the race is $224,000, the largest in Iron Dog history. The race started […]
Iron Dog teams leave halfway point, slated to finish Sunday
February 22, 2024 Ava White, News Reporter Eighteen teams racing in the world’s longest snowmachine race, the Iron Dog, left the halfway checkpoint in Nome this morning. The first duo on the trail this morning was Team 39, veteran racers Brett Lapham and Cody Barber. The team from Willow arrived in Nome on Tuesday (Jan. […]
Team 39 leads Iron Dog racers into Nome
February 20, 2024 Ava White, News Reporter Lead racers in the world’s longest snowmachine race, the Iron Dog, made a beeline for Nome today. It’s the halfway mark on the over 2500 mile course, which runs north across the state. A few dozen people were crowding the corner of Bering and Front Street waiting for […]
Racers hit the trail for the longest snowmachine race in the world, Iron Dog
February 19, 2024 Ava White, News Reporter Twenty-four teams of two left Big Lake on Saturday for a race north to Nome. The 2503 mile race, known as Iron Dog, is the longest snowmachine race in the world. Iron Dog passes through over twenty rural communities, like McGrath, Unalakleet and Shaktoolik. They’ll face rugged terrain […]
One class is hoping for mail this Valentine’s Day
A first grade class in Koyuk is learning about geography through the mail.
Gambell VPO charged with sexual abuse
February 12, 2024 Ava White, News Reporter A warning to readers, this story discuses sexual abuse of a child. A Gambell village police officer was charged last month [Jan. 27] with two counts of sexually abusing a teenage girl. Charging documents say troopers in Nome received a report that 24 year-old Leonard Apangalook had sexually […]
Russian Mission man charged with murder after Monday shooting
February 8, 2024 Ava White, News Reporter A man in Russian Mission has been charged with murder, after Alaska State Troopers say he fatally shot a man there Monday. Charging documents say 45 year-old Richard Pitka shot 46 year-old Patrick Changsak in the shin, at his home in the village about 70 miles northeast of […]