TANANA, Alaska (KTUU) - A couple hundred miles into Iditarod 53, rookies are getting a taste of The Last Great Race. Teams navigated through high winds near the mouth of the Tanana River Wednesday ...

Each spring for more than 100 years, residents have organized a high-stakes guessing game over when the ice will break up on the Tanana River. After a long, cold winter, ...

Apr. 27—The ice on the Tanana River went out ... in 1917 when a group of railroad engineers bet a total of $800 trying to guess the precise date and time when the Tanana River would break up.

May 8—The ice on the Tanana River went out in ... in 1917 when a group of railroad engineers bet a total of $800 trying to guess the precise date and time when the Tanana River would break up.

A state trooper rescued a “severely hypothermic” man who was stuck in a frigid Alaska river by getting in the water himself and holding the man up for roughly 30 minutes until more help ...

A state trooper rescued a “severely hypothermic” man who was stuck in a frigid Alaska river by getting in the water himself and holding the man up for roughly 30 minutes until more help ...

Most famous is the event cooked up in 1917 by a bunch of railroad engineers who bet on the exact minute the ice on the Tanana River would break up. That first of what became the Nenana Ice Classic ...

A plane carrying two people crashed into an icy Alaska river and burst into flames on Tuesday with “no survivors” found, police said. The Douglas DC-4 Skymaster went down at 10:03 a.m. in the ...

A Douglas DC-4 airplane crashed into the Tanana River near Fairbanks on Tuesday, Alaska State Troopers said. Skip to content. Business Break. Health Break. WTVM ... Family tears up as high ...

By clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy. ... A fire burns after a Douglas C-54 Skymaster crashed into the Tanana River outside Fairbanks, Alaska, Tuesday, April 23, 2024.

A fire burns after a Douglas C-54 Skymaster crashed into the Tanana River outside Fairbanks, Alaska, Tuesday, April 23, 2024. (Michaela Matherne via AP) (AP) Michaela Matherne was flying from the ...