Mushing through ‘a frozen trench,’ Iditarod teams slog up and down the Yukon, with a finish still days away

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Nenana Culture Class students share homemade moose soup with mushers, visitors

Mushers left the official restart of the Iditarod Sled Dog Race in Fairbanks on March 3 and headed down the Tanana River for the first checkpoint at the riverside community of Nenana.

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Paradise by the headlamp light: Matthew Failor completes 77-mile Iditarod loop

Editor’s note: Richland Source is posting daily updates on Mansfield native Matthew Failor’s efforts at the 2025 Iditarod Sled Dog Race, which began March 3. Updates post daily at 7 a.m. and may be updated during the day. This exclusive coverage is made possible through the support of St. Peter’s School and is done with the cooperation of Iditarod.com Insider.ON THE IDITAROD TRAIL, Alaska — Matthew Failor has likely never been so happy to see th…

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Mushing through ‘a frozen trench,’ Iditarod teams slog up and down the Yukon, with a finish still days away

Although Nenana musher Jessie Holmes has held a lead for the past few days, he is likely to be passed while he takes a mandatory 8-hour rest.

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Holmes, Hall, Drobny close as Iditarod heats up on the Bering Sea coast

The Iditarod race is heating up as Jessie Holmes, Matt Hall, and Paige Drobny race toward Unalakleet. Rookie Bryce Mumford has scratched, leaving 26 teams still pushing for Nome.

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Team Luna Lobos finishes top 10 at dog sled race in Canada

QUEBEC — Rancho Luna Lobos, the popular local youth and Park City visitor dog rescue ranch in Peoa, Utah, finished in the top 10 with its elite dog sled racing team during the first half of the month in Canada. Park City’s Fernando Ramirez races the sled, and his wife, Dana, manages the team. On their first day, March 1, dogs Jenny and Apple led the team of 12, while dogs Gabriel and North led the six-dog team. Snow conditions were soft, prompti…

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The Iditarod continues to move north in search of snow, which is now scarce even in Alaska, and is increasingly criticized for animal abuse