The 98th Mount Marathon Race runs Saturday, sending runners 1.5 miles up and back down the peak that rises directly behind town over Resurrection Bay. Men and women cover the full mountain. Juniors turn around at the halfway point.
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Celebration Opens in Juneau With 1,800 Dancers
Sun broke over downtown Wednesday as an estimated 1,800 dancers filed into Centennial Hall for the Grand Entrance, opening four days of Celebration.
Juneau Opens Its First Cruise Season Under Daily Passenger Caps
The MS Eurodam tied up downtown Monday with more than 2,000 passengers aboard, opening a cruise season that will look different from the ones before it.
Ice Alaska Draws Carvers From 30 Countries to the Tanana Valley Fairgrounds
The blocks came out of the ponds in February, and by this week they had become seahorses, rattlesnakes and a 20-foot figure called “Victory.”
State Forecasts Higher North Slope Production as Oil Prices Stay Uncertain
The Alaska Department of Revenue expects North Slope oil production to rise sharply over the next two years, though the price that oil fetches remains an open question.
Nanooks Win the First United Collegiate Hockey Cup
Alaska has a trophy that did not exist a year ago. The Nanooks won the inaugural United Collegiate Hockey Cup on Saturday in St. Charles, Missouri, taking the championship game against Stonehill at the Centene Community Ice Center.
Fur Rendezvous
Alaska’s oldest and largest winter festival returns this week, with Fur Rendezvous running from late February through March 8 across downtown Anchorage.