Saturday, the Iditarod announced that 49 mushers have submitted their entries for the 50th running of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race to start in Anchorage on March 5, 2022. The Iditarod is kicking off its Golden Anniversary with one of the strongest fields in race history, including current (and five-time) Iditarod champion Dallas Seavey, […]
WASHINGTON – The Smithsonian Institution is marking its 175th anniversary this year, and it expects to celebrate later this year with a futuristic exhibition that includes a robot to help prevent loneliness and a sail for deep space travel. The Smithsonian is the world’s largest museum complex, consisting of 19 museums, nine research centers, and […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The 1964 Good Friday Earthquake was the second-largest earthquake ever recorded. On March 27, 1964 a 9.2 magnitude earthquake unleashed nearly five minutes of violent shaking focused in Prince William Sound and felt in a majority of the state. The State of Alaska’s people, communities, and geography were forever changed […]
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A somber United Nations ceremony in tribute to those who perished in Nazi death camps was dominated by the fear that the lessons of the Holocaust were being lost and forgotten. Israeli pianist, Amit Weiner and violinist Amit Ifrach set the tone of this solemn ceremony with selected pieces from composer, Mordechai […]