The 2024 Kuskokwim 300 is expected to be cold, but it certainly won't be the coldest
Deep in the race archives, there’s a story about a race so cold it froze a half gallon of rum.
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Deep in the race archives, there’s a story about a race so cold it froze a half gallon of rum.
Congresswoman Mary Peltola's mother, LizAnn Williams, was raised on the Gweek River and in Kwethluk. She retired as a medical records clerk.
Around 9 a.m., just over an hour before sunrise, on Monday, Jan. 30, a handful of spectators gathered around two telephone poles jutting out of the soupy, yet still frozen, Kuskokwim River. The poles marked the finish line of the Kuskokwim 300.
Raymond Alexie of Kwethluk is off to a blazing start for the 2022-23 Kuskokwim racing season. During the Jan. 7 Holiday Classic, a 50 mile race, Alexie once again bested the closest finisher by over 15 minutes.