Commentary If – as the modern Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race likes to claim – the event is “all about the dogs,” the time has come for The Last Great Race to […]
For the dogs
Boat warfare
Even in a state famous for it fish wars, a violent collision between three commercial-salmon fishing boats in Prince William Sound that left a crewman seriously injured in the summer of […]
Iron Dog stalls
Thumped and trumped by Mother Nature, the world’s longest, toughest snowmachine race was stopped on the Bering Sea coast Monday night. It seems there remain obstacles in the north that cannot […]
The tough guy
Update: Dick Wilmarth passed away on March 21 surrounded by family. He joined a growing list of other legendary Iditarod mushers forever, as it has been said of Joe Redington, “on the […]
More dope
As if the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race didn’t have enough trouble in the wake of the revelation that four-time champ Dallas Seavey had a doped dog-team in Nome last year, a […]
Gasline speed bump
By Larry Persily Special to craigmedred.news Federal regulators have warned the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. (AGDC) that it is falling short on providing the information, construction and operation plans needed to prepare […]
Go play
With less than five weeks to go until the first day of spring, winter has finally arrived on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, though the wilderness playground south of the state’s largest city remains […]
Seavey cleared?
This is a developing story; it was last updated 7 p.m. on February 14 A crisis-management firm representing four-time Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion Dallas Seavey is claiming “definitive proof” […]
Iditarod meltdown
The most tumultuous year in the roller-coasting, 45-year history of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is stumbling toward the March 3 start of Alaska’s biggest sporting event with no end to […]
#Whatclickbait
This story has been updated with a general location of the sighting. Clickbait used to be the prey of shabby journalists and “some blogger probably sittin’ there in their parent’s basement wearing […]
