Mushers’ family, friends and fans began calling Peace on Earth weeks ago to place pizza orders. Many asked for special messages to be written on the boxes.
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Without Iditarod fanfare and ‘Mardi Gras of the North,’ Nome businesses expect financial losses this year
The City of Nome and many commercial establishments expect to take a financial loss this year as one of Nome’s biggest tourist events falls casualty to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dallas Seavey returns to Iditarod after scandal rocked his mushing career
The 33-year-old musher said he’s returning to the Iditarod with a new perspective, and ready to race.
Aniak’s Richie Diehl wins his first Kuskokwim 300 in record time
Diehl has now won both the Bogus Creek 150 and Kuskokwim 300 in the same year, something that has never been done before.
Alaska mushing icon Aliy Zirkle says the 2021 Iditarod will be her last
Aliy Zirkle has finished either the Iditarod or Yukon Quest every year since 1998. She won the Yukon Quest in 2000. At the Iditarod, she finished second three times in a row.
Fairbanks woman remembered for moving hundreds of dogs from shelter to sleds
Kleckner and other local mushers started the Second Chance League, a nonprofit focused on finding homes for sled dogs turned in at the shelter.