At 11:00 a.m. today and Saturday the UAF and UAA ski teams will compete for the Alaska Nordic Cup.It will be the first college race on the UAF campus in 39 years. That’s because of a brand-new race course engineered into a hillside on the campus that is going to change the way cross-country ski racers host events.

Former Alaska Goldpanner and major-league baseball great David Winfield was greeted at the Fairbanks airport by dozens of little leaguers.