Iditarod dream dies and then…. As if this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race wasn’t enough of a disaster for “expedition” musher Steve Curtis, the Canadian now has bigger trouble in the […]
Bad year
Magic bullets
A problematic wonder drug Overweight and obese Americans, who now comprise the majority of this country’s adults, just got some bad news from The BMJ, the journal of the British Medical Association. […]
Alaska’s crime
Anyone who has bought into the widely reported idea that the problems of rural Alaska are rooted in a lack of law enforcement needs to take a look at a new study […]
Limits of science
As the search for the magic bullet that will stop the SARS-CoV-2 virus continues and the global death toll from COVID-19 climbs ever upward, it’s time to talk science. The good news […]
Seavey wins
Alaska sled dog sports were abuzz Friday with the news that the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race chief of drug testing is out, and three-time Iditarod champ Mitch Seavey, the oldest musher […]
Musher’s goodbye
This story has been updated with the latest on the Morrie Craig lawsuit Three-time Iditarod champ Mitch Seavey, the oldest man ever to lead Alaska’s Last Great Race into Nome, says he’s […]
Dogged journalism
FAIRBANKS – I apparently did a bad thing on Friday. I went by the office of someone involved in a news story to ask questions face to face, something journalists used […]
Musher suspended
This story has been updated FAIRBANKS – The Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race has sanctioned former champion Hugh Neff, a hard driver and veteran of both that race […]
Last Great Mess II
Almost 11 months after the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race received a letter reporting on doping in the 2017 version of the 1,000-mile run to Nome, race organisers finally released the unabridged document […]
Iditarod explodes
This story has been updated and continues to develop Charges of blackmail, an Alaska media cover-up gone bust and previously unreported doping ripped into the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday […]
