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Photo: The world on time

A FedEx cargo planes comes in for a landing at the Juneau International Airport on Tuesday against a backdrop of the summit of Stroller White Mountain.

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-04-25/photo-world-time
Local
2 tourists try to recover mushing trip losses

...a guided mushing trip in the White Mountains during which one of them got...overnight trip to a cabin in the White Mountains in March of last year. They...barely survived the trip into the White Mountains National Recreation Area. They...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-24/2-tourists-try-recover-mushing-trip-los
State
Mushers welcome rest at Alaska wilderness villages

...They must take one eight-hour rest at a checkpoint along the Yukon River, and the other eight-hour rest at White Mountain, 77 miles from the finish line in Nome.The village of Takotna is becoming a popular place for mushers to take the...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-03-06/mushers-welcome-rest-alaska-wilderness
Sports
Mitch Seavey in Iditarod lead, Aliy Zirkle close

...musher into the checkpoint at White Mountain, 77 miles from the finish line...eight-hour mandatory rest at White Mountain, and then can begin a mad dash...third place, and checked into White Mountain at 6:52 a.m. He and Zirkle...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-03-13/mitch-seavey-iditarod-lead-aliy-zirkle
Sports
Epic exertion

...coagulation that flies toward the front row seating.Meanwhile, Laws will risk his life in another fashion.The White Mountains 100 is a 100-mile human powered race across the interior of Alaska... on March 24... in windy and snowy climates...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-03-15/epic-exertion
Sports
Laws overcomes White Mountains 100-miler

...athletes faced in last week's White Mountains 100-mile endurance race in...overall in 26.7 hours.The White Mountains 100 starts at the Wickersham...line was very gratifying."The White Mountains 100 is one of many winter endurance...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-03-31/laws-overcomes-white-mountains-100-mil
Sports
Woman who finished 2nd in 2012 takes Iditarod lead

...just comes down to you and your dog team."All mushers must take a second eight-hour layover at the checkpoint at White Mountain, 77 miles from Nome.The first musher to reach Nome will win $50,400 and a new 2013 Dodge Ram pickup truck...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-03-09/woman-who-finished-2nd-2012-takes-idit
Sports
Former champion reclaims lead in Iditarod

...a second eight-hour layover at the checkpoint at White Mountain, 77 miles from Nome.Five mushers have scratched...about 18 hours to reach Front Street after they hit White Mountain, a checkpoint 77 miles from the finish and where...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-03-12/former-champion-reclaims-lead-iditarod
Sports
Hundreds evacuated as Colo., NM fires spread with strong winds

...making the firefighting efforts more difficult.The fire was burning in steep, rocky, inaccessible terrain in the White Mountain Wilderness of the Lincoln National Forest, which is home to Smokey Bear, who became the nation's symbol of fire...

http://juneauempire.com/kristen-wyatt/2012-06-11/hundreds-evacuated-colo-nm-fire
Alaska dog musher guides face endangerment charges

...couple from Georgia back from a 20-mile overnight trip in the White Mountains National Recreation Area north of Fairbanks when female client Chonticha...Billingsley, as they lacked proper permits to operate tours in the White Mountains.

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-07-29/alaska-dog-musher-guides-face-endangerm
State

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