Friday is the deadline for applications to two University of Alaska Anchorage programs designed to support, mentor Alaskans training for health careers.
A bill in the Legislature would help rural Alaskans with transporting bodies for autopsies required by the state.
A dozen mushers are out of the iditarod Trail Sled-dog Race after warm weather melted the snow cover, leaving them to race over icy, bare ground, slamming and rolling sleds into trees, stumps, and rocks.