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Alaska DOCTroopers say a SWAT team arrested 44-year-old Adrian Kailukiak, who had been at large since Dec. 2, 2025 after allegedly assaulting and kidnapping a tribal police officer at gunpoint. -
Katie Baldwin BasileBethel’s sled dog sprint races have been seeing younger and younger mushers on the roster. In some cases, that might have to do with keeping it in the family. -
Katie Baldwin BasileBethel’s Pete Kaiser made history as he crossed the finish line of the 47th Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race (K300) on the morning of Jan. 25. This victory, his tenth, makes him the winningest musher in race history, surpassing veteran musher Jeff King’s previous nine-win record. -
Samantha Watson/KYUKThe hometown hero has become the winningest musher in the history of the Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race, pulling through the finish line in Bethel at 10:40 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 25. -
Kuskokwim 300 Race Committee via FacebookTwo newcomers and two veterans – one poised to become the winningest K300 musher ever – led the pack late in the evening of Saturday, Jan. 24, headed into the final checkpoint in Tuluksak. -
Katie Baldwin BasileThe Kwethluk musher, now in his second year of racing, beat out 15 teams in the race to Akiak and back on Saturday, Jan. 24. -
Dave CannonIn a repeat of last year’s race, the Akiak mushing veteran and his 11 dogs were first to the halfway point of the race, pulling in just before 11 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 24. -
Sunny skies graced the start line for the 2026 Akiak Dash as sixteen mushers and their teams took off in a mass start up the Kuskokwim River. From Bethel to Akiak and back, teams will have travelled 65 miles upon their return.
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At noon on Jan. 24, the Bethel riverfront was a frenzy of activity as 16 dog teams set off for the 60-mile race to Akiak and back. -
Sixteen mushers are registered to compete in the 60 mile out-and-back race, which will take place Saturday, Jan. 24 in Bethel. -
On what looks to be a perfect night for mushing, 23 teams competing in this year's Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race are on the trail. -
This weekend marks the 47th running of the Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race, putting 23 teams to the test under what are expected to be great trail conditions. The field of mushers is a mix of newcomers and veterans – each with their own place in the history of the unique race. -
The Alaska Federation of Natives has launched an aggressive campaign to fight the Safari Club International's effort to weaken the influence of the federal government on subsistence management in Alaska and restore state authority over its regulation. -
The district abruptly closed the school that serves students grades 6-12 in the community on Monday, Jan. 19. Superintendent Madeline Aguillard said a collapse of the school’s gymnasium would also be catastrophic for the adjoining elementary school.
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From fish scales to flat terrain, local skiers — including Olympian Kikkan Randall — share how to make your first laps more fun. -
The long-anticipated decision over pollock trawlers’ chum bycatch has seafood towns like Unalaska worried. -
The rate of Alaskans dying from drug overdoses declined by 5% in 2024 compared to the year before. That’s a welcome reduction after the state saw its highest number of overdose deaths on record in 2023. -
Murkowski says the Homeland Security secretary should be held to account for her agency’s tactics in Minneapolis, where two citizens have been shot to death amid a massive immigration enforcement operation.
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