Barbara Swenson was in tears Tuesday over an elderly dog gone lost. His name was Scruggs, and he was no ordinary dog. He had come to live with Swenson in Anchorage after […]
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Iditarod hit again
California animal-rights activists are claiming credit for inflicting another financial blow on the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. PETA – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals – says State Farm Insurance […]
Sled-dog summer
This story was updated and corrected on April 27, 2017 The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is long over, but “Sled Dogs” the movie lives on with director Fern Levitt showing no […]
Crowd-sourced news
Anyone can be a reporter, and it was only a matter of time before news organizations recognized the same and tapped the reporting power of the masses. At the forefront now is […]
The dog death news
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is long over and already near forgotten, and “Sled Dogs,” the controversial movie critical of the commercial use of sled dogs for racing and tours, has […]
The last hurrah?
Extreme cold eats at the spirit of the human animal. On the wild, winter trails across Alaska, a long run of temperatures past 30 degrees below zero can bear down on a […]
Liar, liar
The sun was bright in Anchorage on Friday. The bitter north wind had finally stopped blowing. And the temperature had climbed to 20 degrees. The day felt positively balmy. But it […]
Is harder safer?
An Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race that moved north of the Alaska Range for a Fairbanks restart this year because of bad trail was clearly kinder to mushers, but with three dogs […]
Iditarod struggles
On a faster, easier race course in what constitutes mild weather by Alaska standards, yet another dog has died in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The latest death brings to five […]
Iditarod dog death 4
Updated: Mitch Seavey expected in Nome before 4 p.m. Bad news just kept coming for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday even as it prepared to crown another champion. As […]
