Sled Dog Racing News

I am told that in dog-sled racing circles, a lead dog is a very valuable commodity.

Godwin Glacier Tours performs EMS training with City of Seward Fire Department. Owner, Jim Cork works side by side with Chief Pilot Larry Palma volunteering their time to aid Fire Chief Dave Squires and the citya s search and rescues team.

A 17-year-old boy from Colorado who drowned in Utah on Saturday after the raft he was in flipped over has been identified as Timothy Rau of Fraser.

So, you are planning a trip to Alaska? There is plenty to do in and around the area of Willow, Alaska.

Anthills, a mud pit and more mosquitoes than anyone could count didn't stop the Hot Hounds race series from achieving a record turnout this past weekend.

Let me start by laying my cards on the table: I live right next door to the Eagle River Nature Center and have an 11-month-old puppy who accompanies me several days a week onto the Rodak, Albert Loop and Iditarod trails - unleashed, but under control.

Jamaican musher Newton Marshall is teaming with Lance Mackey for a run at the 2010 Iditarod.

Exxon Mobil Corp. said Monday it won't appeal nearly $500 million in interest that a court recently ordered it to pay to Alaska fishermen, business owners and others harmed by the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill.

Three-time defending champion Lance Mackey and past winners Jeff King and Martin Buser have signed up in person for the 2010 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

Jackson, June 22, 2009 - " Although snow - the white fluffy stuff that makes Jackson a top winter destination - seems like a distant memory as summer tourists fill the streets, one of Jackson's most popular winter events, the International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race , has already filled its roster of teams for the 2010 race and is taking a ...

The race is more than eight months away, but mushers can sign up for the 38th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race beginning 9:30 a.m. Saturday at race headquarters, Mile 2.2 of Knik Road in Wasilla.

ROCKPORT : June is adopt a shelter cat month so stop on by Camden-Rockport Animal Rescue League and check out the fantabulous felines all ready and waiting for a new home.

Boaz Frankel is an adventurer. The 26-year-old Portland resident adventured his way to the Mall of America Wednesday, which may seem odd or at least not very adventurous, until you learn how he got to Bloomington.

We have all decided there is no such thing as a bad day on this trip. Today we left Anchorage and headed to Wasilla, Alaska - where we made a stop at the Iditarod Visitor Center and Headquarters.

An Igloo in Alaska. Head of of a dog sled team. Maybe he'd respect the dogs who have more compassion for humans than he has for dogs.

The ice is gone, and along with it, so is much of Eagle's income. Severe flooding from spring breakup on the Yukon River decimated Eagle in early May, wiping out the town's cafe, hotel and numerous homes.

We are about to board a Riverboat Discovery cruise on the Chena River in Fairbanks, Alaska part of a 14-day cruise-tour of The Last Frontier last June.

It turns up this week - and worse, the one-liner is explained - in the grubby and truculent The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 . This Pelham is a throwback in addition to being a remake - a faux-'70s Tony Scott movie that takes place in gaudily lit Manhattan subway tunnels or else in an dim office, with zoom-addicted camera closing in on faces barking into ...

CALL OF THE WILD 3D - - Ariel Gade, Christopher Lloyd, Kameron Knox; rated PG ; in general release The press materials for "Call of the Wild 3D" claim that the film is not a remake of Jack London's many-times-told novel.

SPECIAL ELECTION: Just over 4,000 people voted to fill seat left open when curt menard died.