With the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race caught in a wrongheaded but understandable bit of a cover-up this week because the reality of Alaska can be just a little too real, more […]
Better kept quiet
Iditarod’s problem?
So now it is official. Not one, but two female mushers in the Iditarod Trial Sled Dog Race were threatened or grabbed by men this year as they traveled along a wild […]
A third Iditarod assault
As alleged Iditarod assailant Arnold Demoski from Nulato was settling into a cell at the Fairbanks Correctional Institute on the evening of March 13, an attack on at least one more Iditarod […]
Last dog to Nome
The last husky to reach the end of the Iditarod Trail arrived in Nome on Wednesday night, but this one was riding a man-sled instead of pulling a dog sled, and it […]
Iditarod record earned
You can’t begin to do what Tim Hewitt just did in walking 1,000 miles across the godforsaken, frozen wilderness of Alaska in less than 20 days to set a record in the […]
Iditarod unbelievable
At the end of the Iditarod Trail in Nome late Friday night, there was no money, no fame, no real glory for 61-year-old Tim Hewitt, only the personal satisfaction in doing […]
Iditarod’s village problems
Part II of a two-part series: Part I examined the circumstances behind collisions involving dog-loving Nulato snowmachiner rider Arnold Demoski and two Iditarod dog teams — incidents that left two mushers shaken, […]
A difficult trail shared by all
Part 1 of a 2 part series When snowmachine driver Arnold Demoski says the collision that killed one dog and seriously injured others in the team of Iditarod musher Jeff King in […]
PETA’s baaaaaaack
In case you missed it, People for the Ethical Treatment of animals jumped on the tragedy suffered by four-time Iditarod champ Jeff King on Saturday to note his dead dog and proclaim […]
Iditarod dog-death update
^ Arnold Demoski. Photo via Facebook. The Nulato, Alaska snowmachine driver alleged to have terrorized two mushers in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and killed a dog by running it over […]
