'Never Quit': The making of an Alaska pararescueman

Sunday, March 12, 2017 [Alaska News]( [Obituaries]( [Politics]( [Outdoors]( [Opinions]( [Sports]( --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Never Quit': The making of an Alaska pararescueman]( For elite Air Force pararescuemen, the Alaska wilderness is a proving ground unlike any other. Jimmy Settle and Don Rearden [Alaska Dispatch News Iditarod Newsletter]( [After countless sacrifices, Jason Mackey hopes he's making his family proud]( The Iditarod musher said he imagines his family watching the online tracker, watching him excel. His brother Lance, half-brother Rick and father Dick are all Iditarod champs. [Tegan Hanlon]( [Lead pack of Iditarod mushers heads for the coast]( Mitch and Dallas Seavey were the first on the trail, but Nicolas Petit seems to have recaptured some of the speed he showed earlier in the race [Mike Campbell]( [Canine athletes: Meet 10 of the Iditarod dogs racing to Nome]( Ask Iditarod mushers about their sled dog teams, and they'll tell you each canine is a little bit different. Some friendly, some ornery and some a little bit bossy. [Tegan Hanlon]( [Alaska’s political leaders have steered clear of a vote on a Permanent Fund plan. They might get one anyway.]( Alaska lawmakers haven't embraced the idea of a public vote on their plans to use the $57 billion Permanent Fund to help cover the state's budget deficit. [Nathaniel Herz]( [A good start: Head Start program with Yup'ik immersion classes opens in Anchorage]( [Hope Miller]( [Faced with changing fashion tastes, Anchorage furriers adapt to survive]( [Annie Zak]( [As opioid overdoses rise, police officers become counselors, doctors and social workers]( Katie Zezima, The Washington Post [Alaska's Loeffler among federal prosecutors asked by White House to resign]( [Jerzy Shedlock]( [Wasilla pedestrian dies after being hit by car]( [Annie Zak]( © 2016 Alaska Dispatch Publishing. All rights reserved. This email was sent to {EMAIL} [why did I get this?]( [unsubscribe from this list]( [update subscription preferences]( Alaska Dispatch · 300 W. 31st Ave. · Anchorage, AK 99503 · USA