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Dallas Seavey arrives second to Ruby just after the sun set Wednesday night during hte Iditarod. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes/Alaska Public Media)

A mushing dog whodunit amid Iditarod doping scandal

The mushing world has been rocked by an unfolding scandal over doping in the Iditarod. It started two weeks ago, when the race’s governing body announced it was changing rules for drug tests after a banned substance was found in four dogs from a top team. Speculation ignited. http://media.aprn.org/2017/ann-20171024-01.mp3 The Iditarod Trail Committee announced Monday…

Balloo was the largest of three cubs that wandered into the Fortress of the Bear site in 2010. After their mother died from ingesting garbage, Balloo and his siblings were taken in and raised to adulthood. (Photo courtesy Claire Turner)

Remembering Balloo: Sitka’s Fortress mourns rescue bear

One of the rescue animals at Sitka’s Fortress of the Bear was euthanized Thursday. Balloo, a 7-year-old brown bear, lived the entirety of his adult life at the educational rescue center, which is permitted by the state to raise orphaned bear cubs and sees tens of thousands of visitors a year. He had lost mobility in…

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