Dallas Seavey grabs 6th win A controversial, 2024 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race ended somewhat predictably today with Dallas Seavey from Talkeetna, the musher with access to the biggest pool of Alaska […]
Iditarod hellstorm
Update: This story has been updated to report a second dog death, which Iditarod was late to report on Sunday, and a 2024 death rate now significantly worse than the 10-year […]
Bad decisions
Iditarod dog allowed to suffer for hours? Fans of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race were today arguing about whether it was fair The Last Great Race imposed a two-hour time penalty […]
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 […]
Troublesome secrets
Iditarod’s #metoo problem Update #2: The Alaska Department of Law this morning (2/22/2024) withdrew the charges against Eddie Burke Jr.. A department spokesman said a statement as to why would be forthcoming. […]
Rest matters
Tired Iditarod dogs could be seen to look ‘exhausted’ Yet again, the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has a public relations problem because people have noticed the esoteric little race across the […]
Cryptic crypto
Where, oh where went the Iditacoins? Nine months ago, as the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race was nearing its finish in Nome, race organizers unveiled this new cryptocurrency with big claims. “IditaCoin […]
The outcast
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, which for years put up with the antics of Cat in the Hat-musher Hugh Neff, has now banned him, but won’t say why. Neff says he […]
Not so Lucky
UPDATE: The Wasilla Police Department late Friday issued a short statement affirming that a thorough investigation of the dog attack reported here had been undertaken, and that “citations are expected to […]
Poor, lost dog
First it was Canadians and Danes angry at Alaska’s “Last Great Race;” now it’s the French. Musher Sebastien Dos Santos Borges from Chazey-Bons, France and his supporters don’t think the Iditarod Trail […]