With Seward stuffed with people for 97th running of the Mount Marathon Race on Friday, Anchorage’s Klaire Rhodes, 27, got a little unexpected alone time.

In the junior girls race, Calista Zuber, 14, of Anchorage took down a stacked field. The incoming South freshman said she hadn’t gotten into the race in two or three years of trying. Zuber’s mother ...

The 8-acre fire and two “spot fires” of less than one acre each are located near Mile 102 and 103 of the Sterling Highway.