For Alaska musher Mille Porsild, the thrill of finishing her first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race as Rookie of the Year in mid-March was followed almost immediately by the nightmare of COVID-19. […]
Irods COVID survivor
Fast Great Race
News analysis The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race roared through the Alaska Range on Monday with its old title fading in the slipstream. There is little doubt now that thanks to modern […]
Lost in time
Two veterans of Alaska’s first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race – men who did not meet until two years ago despite being almost neighbors – are teaming to try to track down […]
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 […]
Iditarod crashes
UPDATE: This story was updated from the first version to include Nic Petit’s decision to drop out of the race. Bad judgment is among the most normal of human behaviors, and Iditarod […]
Man beats dog
Girdwood musher Nicolas Petit on Tuesday led the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race into the tiny, Kuskokwim River community of McGrath more than two hours ahead of the pace set in […]
Bubbling anger
In this the Age of Rage, it comes as no surprise that some in Alaska are furious that the animal-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is protesting the […]
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 […]
