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Iditarod: Defending champion Lance Mackey talks about the race
Film showcases Iditarod history
Published October 12, 2009
KENAI - Since the first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 1973 -- when Dick Wilmarth crossed the finish line after more than 20 days on the trail to claim the $12,000 prize for first --the race has undergone nothing short of an evolution.
Mushers from around the world plan for 2010 Iditarod
Published August 16, 2009
ANCHORAGE - Dog drivers from Jamaica, Scotland, Italy, Canada and the United States - most especially Alaska - will compete the 2010 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, a northern route that will take mushers and nearly 1,000 sled dogs over 1,112 miles of Alaska wilderness.
Mackey, King, Buser among 60 mushers signed up for 2010 Iditarod
Published June 27, 2009
WASILLA - Three-time defending champion Lance Mackey and past winners Jeff King and Martin Buser have signed up in person for the 2010 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
Iditarod rookie criticizes race officials
Published May 17, 2009
ANCHORAGE - Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race officials are being criticized by some back-of-packers, including a rookie musher who was removed from the race because he wasn't traveling fast enough.
Yukon Quest plans earlier start date in 2010
Published May 12, 2009
ANCHORAGE - Organizers of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race have moved their 2010 start time up a week, a change that could tempt more mushers to try both the Quest and the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
Stimulus funds pay for cabins on Iditarod Trail
Published May 6, 2009
ANCHORAGE - One public-use cabin is already under construction along the Iditarod Trail, another is planned for this summer, and $400,000 in federal stimulus funding is on the way to pay for at least four more, the trail's chief manager said Monday.
Coins commemorate Lance Mackey's Iditarod wins
Published April 24, 2009
ANCHORAGE - Lance Mackey says he can't make heads nor tails out of all the attention he's receiving after winning his third straight Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
Stroll into Renaissance, visit Vienna at opera-choir performance
Published April 17, 2009
Alaska Camerata, Choir of the North and the University of Alaska Fairbanks Opera Workshop are joining forces for an evening of vocal theatrics tonight. A second performance, “A Visit to Vienna,” without Alaska Camerata, will take place Sunday.
Poetry next up in writers series
Published April 10, 2009
One of the main goals of the Midnight Sun Visiting Writers Series at the University of Alaska Fairbanks is to expose students and community members to various writing genres. Fiction, nonfiction, memoir and others have already been represented during the 2008-09 series, and poetry is up next.
Michigan musher wins red lantern as final 2009 Iditarod finisher
Published March 24, 2009
FAIRBANKS -- The 2009 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race officially ended at 4:06 this morning when Marquette, Mich., rookie Timothy Hunt crossed the finish line under the Burled Arch in Nome.
Sixth Iditarod sled dog reported dead
Published March 23, 2009
A sixth dog in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race has died.
Indiana teacher brings world to the Iditarod Trail
Published March 23, 2009
WILLOW -- Andrea Aufder Heyde of Indiana set out 10 years ago to prove that having a teacher on board for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race would be a lightning rod to attract students to learn.
PETA asks for investigation into Iditarod sled dog deaths
Published March 23, 2009
ANCHORAGE -- An animal rights group wants Alaska State Troopers to open a criminal investigation into the deaths this year of five Iditarod dogs, including two on the team of a musher who says they froze to death.
11 mushers still on Iditarod trail
Published March 22, 2009
NOME - There are still 11 mushers struggling for the Iditarod finish line in Nome.
Iditarod ordeal renews debate over animal cruelty
Published March 21, 2009
WASILLA - Conditions were fine last Sunday afternoon, as rookie Iditarod musher Lou Packer left a checkpoint halfway through the grueling wilderness race.
