An employee from the Inter-Island Ferry Terminal in Hollis on Prince of Wales Island called in to the Alaska State Troopers to report a suspicious item that they thought could be a possible explosive device at 2:30 pm on Thursday. As a result, the terminal was evacuated, and vehicle and foot traffic was blocked off […]
“With no place to go” the tripod clock continues to tick, the Nenana Ic e Classic reports. The trip, that tipped over earlier this week, tipped over completely on Thursday. But, while the tripod was down and it looked as if this year’s classic was coming to a close, ice from upriver, moved the ice […]
The tripod for the Nenana Ice Classic tipped precariously early on Monday evening and watchers watched expectantly for the breakup to take the tripod 100 feet downstream to trip the clock to end this years ice breakup contest. But, the tripod lasted through not only Monday night, but remained up and made it through Tuesday […]
The tripod connected to the clock that determines the winner or winners of the Nenana Ice Classic tripped this afternoon. The official time is 3:48 pm. All eyes were on the tripod this afternoon with a multitude of vehicles in the parking lot, but as the crowd dwindled, the ice began to move. And when […]