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As the frontrunners of Iditarod 54 approached the coast and the first coast checkpoint of Unalakleet, it was cold, calm, and clear. Inside the checkpoint building, on a bluff above the river, it was...
Jessie Holmes of Brushkana, Alaska, notched his second consecutive Iditarod win on Tuesday, March 17 when he reached the burled arch at 9:32 p.m. with 12 dogs in harness, after nine days, seven hours...
How do the dogs find the trail?
Looking at the Iditarod coverage and listening to the stories of mushers going through ground storms and big snow drifts one might wonder: How do these dogs find the...
At a public hearing during their Tuesday, March 3 meeting the Nome Planning Commission voted in favor of a variance application to relax setbacks requirements on the internal property lines at the...
In the early morning hours of March 4, a fire burned a residence in Koyuk to the ground, with one person presumed to have died.
Three people managed to get out of the house and did not report any...
Let’s talk about why these dogs and mushers do what they do as some Iditarod teams take their much-deserved 24-hour break close to the halfway point of the race.
Having an active dog mushing kennel...
The 54th running of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race kicked off with a snowy ceremonial start in Anchorage the morning of Saturday, March 7. The temperature hovered around 20°F and the six inches of...
The Iditarod is the culmination of years of dreams and planning for a dog musher.
Before attempting the race, a musher needs to acquire the necessary knowledge and understanding to manage and mush a...
Iditarod Insights: Up and over the Alaska Range
The trail from the foothills of the Alaska Range around Finger Lake up and over the Alaska Range at Rainy Pass and down to Rohn is some of the most...
It’s howling windy in the Alaska Range tonight. The forecast calls for a low of -20°F and colder in Rainy Pass for the next few days with 20 to 30 mph winds and windchills down to -50°F.
That will...