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Moving Mountains For Iditarod Mushers
3/17/2010 10:59 a.m. (PT)
For the running of The Last Great Race, each of the 71 Iditarod mushers needs enough supplies on the trail to nearly max out the capacity of a three-quarter-ton pickup truck. That includes 600 pounds of meat, 400 pounds of dry dog food, 150 pounds of human food and drink, 100 pounds of extra equipment for sleds (runner plastic and spare parts), 50 pounds of personal gear, 40 pounds of dog booties and 10 pounds of batteries.

Soldiers Get One Last Ride In the Last Great Race
3/10/2010 10:29 a.m. (PT)
When Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champions Martin Buser, Jeff King and four other mushers set out on their grueling trek across the frozen north this past weekend, they carried memories of America's soldiers who lost their lives in duty to their country.

Young Pilots See Career In Little Town of Bethel
2/11/2010 10:51 a.m. (PT)
To understand how dependent Bethel is on aviation, it helps to fly over the town. Located 340 miles west of Anchorage, Alaska, and 40 miles inland from the Bering Sea, there are only 10 miles of paved roads and none that connect to any highway system. The flat, treeless tundra appears to roll on forever, with ice roads and snow machine trails providing the main pathways in winter to some 56 Native Alaskan villages in the surrounding Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta plain.

Horizon Air Flight Attendant Joins Relief Effort in Samoa
12/21/2009 9:39 a.m. (PT)
After the Sept. 29 earthquake and subsequent tsunamis devastated the Samoan Islands region, Horizon Air flight attendant Ty Tufono organized several 10-person teams of medical professionals to travel there and aid victims in the hospital and in villages.

Every Stop is a Volunteer Opportunity for This Horizon Air Pilot
12/17/2009 3:11 p.m. (PT)
Karl Mariotti, a Q400 captain for Horizon Air, seeks out volunteer opportunities when he's out flying a line.

Inspiring Boy Scouts with the magic of flight
11/3/2009 11:34 a.m. (PT)
Alaska Airlines and more than 70 employee volunteers helped a group of Seattle-area Boy Scouts discover the magic of flight during the carrier's first Aviation Merit Badge Day. Sponsored in cooperation with the Chief Seattle Council of the Boy Scouts of America, the event attracted a sellout crowd of more than 160 Scouts.

Fall Season Blossoms In Pink at Los Angeles Airport
10/13/2009 10:35 a.m. (PT)
Pink is the order of the day for Customer Service Agent Maykel Guerra and the check-in area at the Los Angeles International Airport. Alaska Airlines airport employees and flight attendants based in Los Angeles are seeing pink during October to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Alaska Airlines Offers Permanent Fund Dividend Sale
9/29/2009 7:20 a.m. (PT)
Alaska Airlines launched a Permanent Fund Dividend sale today, with ticket prices as low as $89 for travel to and from Anchorage and Fairbanks, as well as savings on select routes between Alaska and the lower 48 states, Canada, Hawaii and Mexico.

Alaska and Horizon Employees Assist Some 100 Veterans Flying to National Veterans' Wheelchair Games
7/22/2009 6:30 p.m. (PT)
Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air last week assisted more than 100 veterans who flew in and out of Spokane for the 29th annual National Veterans' Wheelchair Games.

Alaska tops J.D. Power and Associates rankings
6/30/2009 9:34 a.m. (PT)
J.D. Power and Associates has once again ranked Alaska Airlines highest in customer satisfaction among traditional network carriers in North America in its annual study released today. This is the second year in a row that Alaska has come out on top in J.D. Power's independent survey of customer satisfaction.