Making Ambler’s Checkpoint Run Takes a Village
![Handmade musher signs plaster the walls of the Ambler checkpoint building (Photo: Gabe Colombo, KNOM)](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/IMG_2480-1200x900.jpg)
People like Lolo Johnson, who’s been a race cook in Ambler for 12 years, make the busy checkpoint run smoothly as mushers come and go and come again.
Francesca on the Trail
![Francesca Fenzi](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2014-09-08-caitlin-francesca-033-2432px-1200x800.jpg)
It was an adventure that she describes as one of the most incredible highlights of her year of service. In April, news volunteer Francesca Fenzi hit the trail for a sled dog race that offers a unique look of what makes rural Alaska so special.