Iditarod dog allowed to suffer for hours? Fans of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race were today arguing about whether it was fair The Last Great Race imposed a two-hour time penalty […]
Bad decisions
Taking responsibility
Newsgroups claim credit for Sass dismissal Fans of 2022 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion Brent Sass mad at the Iditarod Trail Committee (ITC) and threatening to boycott the race because it […]
Iditarod collision
An Alaska moose with the hair on its back up and looking for a fight/Craig Medred photo Moose dead, one dog seriously injured The 2024 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has only […]
It begins
Likely winner as unclear as future A resurgent Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, a throwback to the Alaska of long ago, launched Saturday on the downtown streets of Anchorage normally devoted to […]
Pink problems
Researchers find a smoking gun The strongest evidence to date that Alaska’s industrial-scale, open-ocean farming of pink salmon has altered the North Pacific ecosystem came Thursday in a study published in the […]
Paper heroes
A hidden cost of journalistic fandom? With accusations of sexual assault swirling around a former champion of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race only days before the start of Alaska’s “Last Great […]
Burke out, again
Iditarod musher DQed, reinstated, now bowing out The crazy lead-in to the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race set to start in downtown Anchorage on Saturday took another strange turn today when 2023 […]
Same old story
Alaska’s Kenai kings are on the chopping block Meeting now in Anchorage, the Alaska Board of Fisheries looks primed to lead the 49th state farther down the wrong road of fisheries management, […]
Iditarod disaster
Worst lead-in to an Iditarod start in history A week away from the start of Alaska’s self-proclaimed “Last Great Race,” what began as an Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race trainwreck has […]
Iditarod cuts Sass
Update: This story has been updated with Brent Sass’s statement that false accusations have been made to try to destroy his career. Disqualification unexplained, rumors abound Former Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race […]
