Update: This story has been updated with Brent Sass’s statement that false accusations have been made to try to destroy his career. Disqualification unexplained, rumors abound Former Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race […]
Iditarod cuts Sass
Reckless deaths
Charges brought in dog deaths A professional snowmachine rider from Minnesota has been charged with reckless driving in connection with the death of three sled dogs and injuries to more in […]
Canine road kill
Machines are our friends until…. Outrage has followed the deaths of three more Alaska sled dogs hit by a motorized vehicle on the Denali Highway, but in many ways, the tragic […]
Rundown and dead
Update: Alaska State Troopers say they have now cited a 28-year-old Healy man on charges of “negligent driving” in connection with this collision. They say Austin Gibbs was charged after “a […]
Yesterday’s heroes
Today’s sled dogs little like hero of yesteryear Short of leg, a little wide of girth and fluffy, the legendary sled dog Balto looks little like the skinny, short-haired, long-legged hounds of […]
Ever faster
The Iditarod and the quest for speed Part III of III Ever since musher Rick Swenson’s epic, man-against-the-elements victory of 1991 when he went to the front of his dog […]
Changing times
A withering Iditarod faces an unknown future Part one of a series Forty years ago, a young Athabascan dog driver named Howard Albert from the village of Ruby on the Yukon River […]
Deadly wildlife
Some in the remote Bering Sea community of Nome, Alaska, long feared the consequences of inviting the muskox into town, and their worst fears became a reality this week. A herd of […]
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 […]
Dog care victims
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, which publicly proclaims itself to be “All About the Dogs,” has quietly penalized two top female mushers for being all about the dogs. One of […]
