Once again, musher, Dallas Seavey, wearing bib number 16, with his team of six, crossed the finish line in Nome to claim first place in Alaska’s favorite dog-sled event , the Iditarod. The 29-year-old musher not only finished first , but smashed the record for fastest finish in eight days, 11 hours, 20 minutes and 16 […]
The western U.S. state of California and the southeastern states of Tennessee and Florida all have winners who will split the record-breaking Powerball lottery with a jackpot of $1.6 billion. A spokesman for the California lottery, Alex Traverso, said late Wednesday a winning ticket had been purchased in Chino Hills, a modest suburb of Los […]
Anchorage, AK—In the dead of winter, the arrival of spring and the return of Alaska’s migratory birds seem like a long time off. But don’t despair; a colorful reminder of our departed feathered friends, the 2016 Alaska Migratory Bird Calendar, will soon be available for free at 13 participating U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service offices […]
Alaskans from across the state—from Nome to Metlakatla to Kodiak, and everywhere in between—submitted more than one-thousand haikus all about the places salmon live! Judging was tough, but the Salmon Project was thrilled to announce the winners of the 2015 Salmon Habitat Haiku Contest: First Place Margie Schwartz, Salcha Fishwheel in the fog Creaking as […]