This Day in Alaska History-August 30th, 1915
Accomplished Ocean Rowers win Seventy48
Port Townsend, WA– First time rowing together, Team Imua comprised of Greg Spooner and Thiago Silva took first place of the Seventy48, a self-supported, human-powered boat race between Tacoma, WA and Port Townsend, WA. The team completed the 70-mile race course in just under 11 hours after starting at 7:00 pm from Tacoma’s Foss […]
DNA on Napkin and Family Tree Constructed from Internet Solves 32 Year Old Tacoma Cold Case
A Washington state man was arrested on June 20th in the 32-year-old rape/murder of a 12-year-old girl that occurred on March 26th, 1986 using DNA identification and computer modeling reported Tacoma Police Chief Donald Ramsdell. It was on that day in March 1986 that Michella Welch, age 12, went to the Puget Park in Tacoma with her two […]
Race to Alaska Organizers Shift Gears
JUNE 5,2018 PORT TOWNSEND, WA— Race to Alaska, now in its 4th year, just closed its registration and 47 teams will be at the start line. “This is when we start looking at our field on racers for who we think might win and who is going to make a really good story,” says Race […]