This year, athletes broke 13 records in different categories.
Sports
In fundraising pitch, Iditarod planners say financial woes could jeopardize epic sled dog race
Several major race sponsors have ended their support for the race in the last several years.
High school swimmer from Juneau qualifies for Olympic trials
Thunder Mountain High School’s PJ Foy will compete in the 100-meter butterfly in June.
Juneau Native Youth Olympics athletes tour Lower 48 to promote Arctic sports
They demonstrated games like the One-Foot and Two-Foot High Kick, the Alaskan High Kick, Scissor Broad Jump, Seal Hop, and the Inuit and Dene Stick Pulls.
In its 75th year, Juneau’s Gold Medal Basketball Tournament transcends the court
Throughout this week, more than 500 people from across Southeast Alaska will attend to watch nearly 50 games.
For the first time, 4 women mushers have finished in the Iditarod’s top 10
Paige Drobny’s team arrived in 5th place early Wednesday morning, followed by Mille Porsild in 7th, Amanda Otto in 8th and Jessie Royer in 10th.
Dallas Seavey wins record-breaking sixth Iditarod
Musher Dallas Seavey dashed across the finish line in Nome on Tuesday, breaking a tie with five-time champ Rick Swenson.
‘It was ugly’: Iditarod musher kills and guts moose after encounter on trail
Race rules allow Iditarod mushers to carry firearms for protection from large animals like moose, but they must stop to gut any big game animal they shoot so it can be salvaged.
The 2024 Iditarod starts Saturday. Here’s what to know
What’s the route this year? How are trail conditions? Alaska Public Media answers those questions and more.
Iditarod disqualifies musher, citing standards of ‘personal and professional conduct’
Burke’s disqualification follows a message to mushers saying the board had been informed about “accusations being made within our community concerning violence and abuse against women.”