Iditarod’s expeditionary excitement An “even more exciting” version of the ‘Last Great Race’ left civilization Sunday on the 1,000-mile run north to Nome, or so says the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. […]
Musher to watch
Everywhere Epstein
1,049 shades of gray As if the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race doesn’t have enough problems being pursued by animal-rights activists, all the buzz in the small world of long-distance sled dog […]
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 […]
They’re baaack
Just in time for the Alaska tourist season, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is back to again torment Alaska’s legion of Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race fans. The animal-rights […]
Iditarod ends
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race ended in Nome on Monday with the smallest finishing field in 30 years, the second champion from rural Alaska in a decade when rural Alaska has […]
Coming soon
The little noticed public transportation system in Alaska’s largest city appears on the verge of getting more attention than the managers of People Mover ever imagined. Think of a mobile version of […]
Dog in cuffs
Alaska’s Last Great Race is still a month and a half away, but the Idit-a-craziness has already begun. Detroit Police had the mother-of-all-dog protesters in pawcuffs this week at the North […]
End of an era
The sizzle and fizzle of Stan Hooley’s Iditarod legacy
A troubled trail
After more than a year of turmoil for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, the long-time executive director is out. In a carefully worded, six-paragraph statement on Thursday, Mike Mills, the president […]
Who done it?
News analysis Only time will tell the consequences of the decision by the new Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race board of directors to reverse course on the old Board and clear […]
