Fans of the show “Alaska State Troopers”, have named a six-pack of puppies after their heroes on the show. The baby Blue Heeler mix puppies got dropped off at the Humane Society of Nelson County in Bardstown, Kentucky, and some of the junior volunteers with the organization are fans of the National Geographic channels trooper [...]
The gold rush is still going on in Alaska, although gold panning bent over a stream looking for that one huge gold nugget is not necessarily the way everyone goes about it now. A new gold claim in the paperwork process, by Paul & Co., based in Fairbanks, Alaska, “proposes to re-mine the historic placer [...]
On December 3, 2011, derby fans from across Alaska had witness the heart-stopping battle between Rage City Roller Girls “Devil’s Club” from Anchorage and North Pole “Babes in Toyland.” In the end, the Saturday match up resulted to a score of Devil’s Club 149 and North Pole Babes 71. The fight at the Dena’ina Center had [...]
On February 4 next year, Alaskans are expected to dash off to Chena River to commemorate the start of the 2012 Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. At the strike of 11Am, the competing teams will race down the 1000 miles of icy trails in dangerous Alaskan terrain between Whitehorse, Yukon and Fairbanks, Alaska. Later, on the same [...]
The upcoming battle between the roller derby babes from Rage City and North Pole are heating up Alaska’s cold December like a blasting volcano. On December 3, 2011, Rage City Rollergirls’ Devil’s Club will meet the North Pole Babes in a sizzling battle fans will surely not want to miss! Tickets are available through Ticketmaster or [...]
Iron Dog Movie Airs Sunday, November 27, 2011 The movie “Seven Days to Survive” shows the challenges that the two-man, two-machine teams face in the world’s toughest snowmobile race, The Tesoro Iron Dog. The two-thousand mile snomobile race starts in alternating sites, with this past February, 2011 run going from Wasilla to Nome and then [...]
The Alaskan Brewing Company celebrating it’s Silver Anniversary, 25 years, has also been distinguished by winning both silver and gold in the prestigious 2011 European Beer Star Awards (EBS) and Brau Beviale. “The European Beer Star’s panel of tasters sampled 1,113 beers from 38 countries to award gold, silver and bronze in 49 beer-style categories [...]
Antlerless Moose Hunting is on the Agenda of the Fairbanks AC at Pikes Waterfront Lodge in the Binkley Room on January 19th, 2012 at 7 pm. That is a Thursday. Also on the agenda is officer elections, before the discussion of antlerless moose hunting. If it looks like an antlerless moose? Better read the regs. This calf moose likely [...]
The Iron Dog, Alaska’s toughest snow machine race is getting ready for the 2012 race, with that famous Alaskan family name “Palin” in the mix. Four time Iron Dog Champion Todd Palin, 47*, is on Team Number 11, along with Eric Quam, 41, and both are running this year’s race on Arctic Cats. Tod claimed [...]
Yukon Quest fans are all invited to celebrate the 29th birthday of the Yukon Quest 1,000 Mile International Sled Dog Race at Anthoinette’s Restaurant on Friday, October 28, 2011, 5PM in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. Before the race kicks off in February 2012, party attendants will get the chance to meet the official mushers, get the latest [...]