Thousands turn course pink during Alaska Run for Women

Saturday, June 10, 2017 [Alaska News]( [Obituaries]( [Politics]( [Outdoors]( [Opinions]( [Sports]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Thousands turn course pink during Alaska Run for Women]( The race marked Olympic skier Kikkan Randall’s first competitive footrace since last year, and she was thrilled pink with how things went — even if she was wearing neon yellow. [Beth Bragg]( [After cancer took away the sport she loved, Issa Forrest turned to running]( Anchorage's Issa Forrest used to be a world-class fitness competitor. Now, she's a breast cancer survivor and a distance runner. [Stephan Wiebe]( [Demolition set to begin on Eklutna's 'deadbeat dam']( Built in 1929 to provide power to Anchorage, the Eklutna dam has been unused since the 1950s. Now, it's coming down. [Suzanna Caldwell]( [Conservation groups girding for battle over National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska]( The battle over oil development under President Trump won't just be fought over the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It's also going to focus on the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, to the west. [Nathaniel Herz]( [Man removed from Alaska Air jet in Anchorage at gunpoint after alleged threat to 'blow up plane']( Police were called to meet the aircraft shortly after 11:30 p.m., when air traffic controllers relayed a report from the flight crew that “they possibly had an armed passenger on the plane.” [Chris Klint]( [When an off-course U-2 spy plane out of Alaska nearly triggered war]( [David Ramseur]( [State officials tell Alaskans what they can expect in a government shutdown]( [Nathaniel Herz]( [Soldotna's Allie Ostrander seizes NCAA Division I steeplechase crown]( [Doyle Woody]( [Adam West, the actor forever known as TV's Batman, dies at 88]( Anita Gates, The New York Times [He may be training for space travel, but Robb Kulin says 'Alaska is my favorite place on Earth']( [Laurel Andrews]( © 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