Alaska | WITF

March 7, 2021 | 9:46 AM

Pandemic forces mushers to adapt to an already grueling Iditarod

The Iditarod kicks off Sunday and, like most events in a pandemic, the 2021 sled dog race will be a little different.

By Catherine Whelan

August 17, 2020 | 2:31 PM

The Natural Resources Defense Council and other groups say oil operations in the federally protected lands threaten the pristine landscape.

By Bill Chappell/NPR

February 19, 2020 | 10:51 AM

By Claire Harbage and Hansi Lo Wang/NPR

January 21, 2020 | 6:32 AM

"I hope that people counting for the census will go to every house, every home so that everybody can be counted. That's very important."

By Hansi Lo Wang/NPR