Brushkana resident and four-time Iditarod Trail sled dog race finisher Jessie Holmes was injured after traveling to Golovin last week with a group of other mushers to assist in cleaning up after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok ravaged the western coast of Alaska.
The four-time Iditarod champion was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2001 but overcame the illness after undergoing both surgery and radiation therapy. He then announced his second bout with cancer in August 2021.
A total of 21 mushers have signed up for the 51st running of the historic Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, including defending champion Brent Sass, who did so remotely, as the lone competitor to have previously won the 1,000-mile trek to Nome.
Leon, a dog belonging to Iditarod musher Sebastien Dos Santos Borges, was last seen at the Ruby checkpoint on March 13, 2022 but now he has safely been reunited with his owner in McGrath.
Both Mille Porsild and Michelle Phillips sought refuge inside a shelter cabin along the race route due to the extreme weather on the night of March 14, causing them to lose places in the event.
Iditarod CEO Rob Urbach said in an email that race officials are looking into a new stipulation regarding keeping track of sled dogs, and reviewing the rule book when it comes to sheltering dogs during the race.
Sled dogs owned by the 2022 Iditarod third-place finisher Jessie Holmes attacked and killed a small family dog that was attached to a lead in its yard late last month, according to a Wasilla family.
In March, Brown finished in third place in the foot division for the 2022 Iditarod Trail Invitational. It's a 1,000-mile human-powered race that follows the Iditarod trail by foot, bike or skis.
Michelle Phillips, Mille Porsild and Riley Dyche were all found to have broken part of rule 37 in the Iditarod Rule book stating that “Dogs may not be brought into shelters except for race veterinarians’ medical examination or treatment.”
Iditarod musher Sebastien Dos Santos Borges' dog Leon remains missing after it escaped from the returned dog lot at the Ruby checkpoint on March 13, according to race officials.
Now that the Red and Widow Lanterns have been extinguished and all the mushers are off the trail, they gather in Nome for a banquet to give out awards.
As the top 15 Iditarod mushers have reached Nome, we hear from Iditarod veteran DeeDee Jonrowe and Alaska’s News Source reporter Beth Verge on the sportsmanship they’ve seen along the trail.
Hugh Neff was hoping to make it to Nome in his first Iditarod appearance since 2018, but scratched in Ruby on Friday after advancing from the 49th position in the race to 2nd, but says he was forced out of the race. Iditarod Race Marshal Mark Nordman disagrees with Neff’s assessment of the events that led to his scratch, and says that the dogs are his top concern.
Musher Richie Diehl’s dog Jimbo has been found safe in Anchorage. On Thursday, Jimbo was reported as missing after he escaped Iditarod handlers in the returned dog area at the Lakefront Hotel in Anchorage.
The McGrath checkpoint, officially 311 miles into the Iditarod, is often where mushers will take their required 24-hour layover where they, and the dogs, are essentially doing one of two things.
Hanna Lyrek is a 22-year-old musher who was born in Alaska but moved to Norway when she was just 5 years old and she has been on a dog sled ever since.
Jeff Deeter, looking for a personal best this year, has another reason he’s racing in 2022. He's carrying his father's ashes along the trail to make sure he makes it to Nome.
In Thursday afternoon’s Trail Report, we hear from Race Marshal Mark Nordman as he reflects on his passion for the Iditarod and support of Alaska’s communities. Matt Failor talks about the race he’s running, and the first musher scratches from the race.
Jeff King, who did not sign up for this year's Iditarod, has found himself on the trail anyway leading the dog team of Nic Petit. Here's how it's going so far.
Musher Nic Petit described Tuesday how he decided on Jeff King to mush his dog team to Nome in this year’s Iditarod after he tested positive for COVID-19.
Some of the lead mushers in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race have started declaring their 24-hour layovers, which means fans will soon get a better idea of whose race strategies are working out.
Before the frontrunners in the 50th running of the Iditarod landed in McGrath, they passed through Nikolai, a place that returned to welcoming visitors after a hiatus in 2021.
Mushers, dogs and many spectators descended upon the Iditarod checkpoint in Rainy Pass as the 50th running of the race plugs along and teams look to push toward the front of the pack in their journeys to Nome.
After taking off from the restart in Willow on Sunday, mushers in the 50th running of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race began to make their way through the Alaska Range.
Iditarod rookie of the year in 2021 Chad Stoddard returns to the 2022 Iditarod with unfinished business looking to cross the finish line in Nome rather than Deshka Landing like he did last year.
The Denali National Park Sled Dog Kennels are celebrating their 100 year anniversary. A team will make the Iditarod's ceremonial start to mark the occasion.
Matt Paviligois an Emergency Room nurse at Alaska Regional Hospital, but he is also a rookie musher running in the 50th Iditarod with a special mission. To honor his mother by spreading her ashes near the finish line.
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