He added most volunteers and veterinarians are staying at one checkpoint, and flights are taking twice the amount of normal material to checkpoints to limit travel.
This race blog is where the Alaska’s News Source team will post breaking updates from the trail, race standings, photos and more 24/7 until the last musher crosses the finish line.
On what might be the best Monday Anchorage bars have had in almost a year, Darwin Biwer took off his mask to enjoy a beer inside his downtown dive bar, Darwin’s Theory.
Early in Iditarod 2021, Ryan Redington seems to have made an early move. How his team recovers from a tough early run could determine how other teams are forced to mush going forward.
The Alaska Club was struck hard by COVID-19 when gyms were forced to shut down. Since that time they've struck back at the virus with a nifty bit of NASA-inspired technology that kills viruses and other pathogens.
While the number of mandatory rests and their duration are the same, details of each have been amended to go along with the changes to the trail itself.
It's still early in Iditarod 49 but moves are already being made, Nicolas Petit was the first to Finger Lake, Ryan Redington has since passed him checking in and out of Rainy Pass.
The 49th Iditarod has kicked off in the 49th state, 46 teams now headed to the town of Iditarod before they turn around to finish back at Deshka Landing.
Tall and Williams had decided they wanted to stop drinking and they asked shelter workers for help. A staffer told them about a drug that would end up changing their lives. It’s called Vivitrol.
The Alaska House has rebuked comments Rep. Zack Fields made about a female colleague’s physical appearance during what was supposed to be a birthday tribute to her last month.
The Coast Guard says some of the testimony during the hearing focused on a variety of topics including weather, icing, the Scandies Rose’s material condition, owner and operator organizational structures and culture.
The public has not had a formal role in the selection of Anchorage’s past and present police and fire chiefs, but as both positions will need to be filled this summer, some community members are already asking to be included in the process.
The Alaska Native Cultural Charter School has found a new home after the Anchorage School District declared its former building unsafe during COVID-19.
The Anchorage Police Department says a person was taken to the hospital following a crash at the intersection of Dimond Boulevard and Old Seward Highway.
Not having a ceremonial start to the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is breaking the hearts of Alaskans, but for downtown businesses, it's another thing that's breaking the bank.
In response to dropping COVID-19 case rates, Acting Anchorage Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson is signing a new emergency order that lifts capacity restrictions on businesses and eases gathering size restrictions across the municipality.
A preliminary report says a plane that crashed in Alaska’s Wrangell-St Elias National Park last month, killing two people, began a gradual right turn and a descent shortly before the accident.
In the midst of recent allegations regarding Andy Teuber’s conduct while at the helm of the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium — and his subsequent departure from ANTHC and disappearance — Alaska’s News Source looked into other leadership positions he has held in the state of Alaska.
The Alaska Housing Finance Corp. says that close to 23,000 Alaskans have applied for a rental and utility assistance through a program that aims to provide relief during the COVID-19 pandemic.