Lots of anglers like to say that a bad day of fishing beats a good day at work. Only a few can say that a couple of good days of fishing can beat a whole week at a good-paying job.

Dog drivers from Jamaica, Scotland, Italy, Canada and the United States, especially Alaska, will compete in the 2010 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, a northern route that will take mushers and nearly 1,000 sled dogs over 1,100 miles of Alaska wilderness.

When school starts this week, kids at Willow Crest Elementary will be hard-pressed to top one of their teachers when it comes to sharing "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" stories.

Top-ranked Kenai rolled to its second consecutive blowout victory, racking up 29 points in both the first and second quarters Saturday and cruising to a 71-0 Northern Lights Conference win over Houston at Ed Hollier Field in Kenai.

That breeze you feel from the north is the Fairbanks Goldpanners sighing in relief.

Popcorn could be in short supply at West High by the end of the season.

KODIAK — During the off-season Colony coach Jamie Mayo decided to make Matt Jaronik his signal caller.

Nunaka Valley dropped another pool-play game Saturday at the Little League Softball World Series, putting the Alaskans in a must-win situation for their next — and possibly last — game.

Jens Beck and Sheryl Loan collected the expert men’s and women’s victories, respectively, in Saturday morning’s third stage of the Tour of Anchorage and owned overall leads in the five-stage cycling race. Beck covered the 10-mile time trial near Moose Run Golf Course in 21 minutes, 50 seconds — 27 seconds clear of the next fastest rider — and owned an overall time of 2 hours, 20 minutes, 57 seconds heading into Saturday night’s Glen Alps Hill Climb. Beck was 12 seconds ahead of Daniel Folmar in the overall standings.

The boys and girls teams from Dimond and South both had something to celebrate Saturday when the high school cross-country season began on a gray day at Kincaid Park.