Winners of Nenana Ice Classic to split jackpot

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Organizers of Alaska’s favorite guessing contest say 42 winning tickets will split this year’s $267,444 jackpot.
Nenana Ice Classic manager Cherrie Forness (SHER’-ee for-NESS’) says tickets represent correct guesses on when the ice on the Tanana (TA’-nan-nah) River moved.
The ice went out at 1 p.m. Monday. For contest purposes, that means the official correct guess was 12 p.m. Alaska Standard Time.
Each of the winning tickets is valued