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Dan Seavey, musher who helped create Alaska’s epic Iditarod, dies at 87

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Dan Seavey, musher who helped create Alaska’s epic Iditarod, dies at 87

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

Dan Seavey, who as a history teacher in Alaska became fascinated by the Gold Rush-era Iditarod Trail and helped stage the first dogsled race along the 1,000-mile route in 1973 to begin an annual winter rite and a supreme test…Read Article

Dan Seavey, mushing partriarch who raced the first Iditarod, dies at 87

Iditarod · Alaska

Dan Seavey, mushing partriarch who raced the first Iditarod, dies at 87

59% Left coverage: 17 sources

Seavey finished third in the first Iditarod in 1973. His son Mitch and grandson Dallas have won the race multiple times.See the Story

Fire officials urge preparedness as peak wildfire season approaches

Fire officials urge preparedness as peak wildfire season approaches

90% Center coverage: 10 sources

MILL VALLEY, Calif. (KRON) -- As we head into the warm weather months, firefighters want to get the message out now about wildfire preparedness. It's a message that's already familiar to many North Bay residents. Mill Valley resident Richard Cole knows the drill about creating defensible space around his home to make it more fire resistant. That is exactly what firefighters statewide are urging people to do. "You know the safety space, the fire …See the Story

Fire season starts before Iditarod ends

Coverage: 2 sources

The record-low snow conditions south of the Alaska Range have had big impacts across the state, especially around wildfire potential. In early March, the Iditarod had to move the race to the northern route, while the Alaska Division of Forestry…Iditarod · Alaska See the Story

Omaha Teen’s Artwork Crosses Finish Line in Iditarod

The winning art design for the Iditarod education program was created by Teagan Rodrigo, a seventh-grade student at Concordia Junior-Senior High School in northwest Omaha.(Tim Trudell / The Daily Record) Teagan Rodrigo, who created the winning art design for the 2025 Alaska Iditarod, used photos of previous races to create her art piece.(Tim Trudell / The Daily Record) Iditarod rookie Sydnie Bahl of Wasilla drives her dog team down Fourth Avenue…Iditarod · Omaha Read Article

Ketchikan residents lean on water shuttles, bypass as landslide cuts off road access for days

100% Center coverage: 2 sources

Water shuttles ferried nearly 1,000 people a day around last Thursday’s slide, officials say.Iditarod · Ketchikan See the Story

Minnesotan Emily Ford reaches finish line of Iditarod sled dog race

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After spending nearly two weeks traversing more than 1,100 miles of the Alaska wilderness, Duluth’s Emily Ford finished her first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Sunday. Ford and her team passed under the famed burled arch in Nome with a time of 13 days, 1 hour, 35 minutes and 44 seconds — good for 18th place out of the 22 teams that finished the race, and the third-fastest time among this year’s Iditarod rookies. Crowds lining the snow-covered …Iditarod · Alaska See the Story

Longest, slowest Iditarod in decades concludes in Nome - KNOM Radio Mission

The 2025 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race came to a close Monday with news that the last musher on the trail, rookie Jenny Roddewig, had called it quits before reaching Nome. Just 22 of the 33 mushers that entered the race reached the finish, a new low for the past decade of the long-distance sled dog race. It was an unusual year across the board for the Iditarod - the official restart moved to Fairbanks for the fourth time ever. Mushers took on the…Iditarod · Nome Read Article

2025 Iditarod wraps with 22 finishers, fewest since first race in 1973

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Mushers said the altered race route out of Fairbanks was far tougher than they’d anticipated. The last time a winner took more than 10 days to finish was in the early 1990s.Iditarod · Fairbanks See the Story

2025 Iditarod ends as rookie Jenny Roddewig scratches at White Mountain checkpoint

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Rookie musher Jenny Roddewig of Fairbanks, Alaska, scratched from the 2025 Iditarod at the White Mountain checkpoint after completing 1,057 miles. Ebbe Pedersen wins the Red Lantern award.Iditarod · Alaska See the Story

Paige Drobny finishes third in her 10th Iditarod, marking her best finish

Paige Drobny of Cantwell finishes third in her 10th Iditarod, surpassing her previous best finish. She completed the race in 10 days, 20 hours, 38 minutes, and 43 seconds.Iditarod · Cantwell Read Article

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