Don Heflin has played myriad sports over the years, such as basketball, hockey, track and field and football, but the one he has participated in the longest and enjoys the most is the Native Youth ...

Student athletes and their friends, families and coaches from around the state filled the stands at Anchorage's Alaska Airlines Center over the weekend for the 2026 Native Youth Olympics. Unalaska ...

Communities across Alaska will take part in the Law Enforcement Torch Run on Saturday to support Special Olympics Alaska, ...

The Interior Native Youth Olympics (NYO) regional meet wrapped up over the weekend at Effie Kokrine Charter School. The top two finishers in each of the 11 events qualified to compete at the state ...

MILAN — The love affair with Alaska began in 1986, when 16-year-old Dirk Stolz first stepped off a plane in Anchorage. The Wisconsin-based father of one of the biggest stars of these Olympic Games — ...

TOKYO (AP) — Alaska is renowned for its majestic natural beauty. The snowy peaks. The glistening glaciers. The sparkling fjords. An Arctic paradise, for sure. Swimming? That’s never been much of a ...