Anchorage, Alaska – Veteran musher Dallas Seavey (bib #23) of Talkeetna, Alaska, was the first musher to reach the McGrath checkpoint at 4 p.m. Tuesday with 14 dogs in harness, winning the Alaska Air Transit Spirit of Iditarod Award. Seavey was presented with the handmade prizes created by McGrath residents. Seavey received a pair of […]
Fairbanks-based troopers revealed that troopers and Fairbanks Airport police shot and killed a suspect in a trooper/officer-involved shooting on Saturday night. Troopers received a call reporting a disturbance at the La Quinta Inn in Fairbanks at 9:22 pm on Saturday night and responded to the scene. According to the report, the suspect was causing a […]
The 49th Iditarod race includes 13 women and 34 men, made up of 12 rookies and 35 veterans. Four former Iditarod champions are back in the race and four countries are represented in the field. Five competing mushers have participated in 18 or more Iditarod races. View musher profiles here.
Fairbanks-based Alaska State Troopers report that on Monday they arrested a 24-year-old Elim resident on Sexual Assault charges that were incurred on February 1st. According to troopers, they received a report on February 1st of a sexual assault that occurred at a hotel in Fairbanks and opened an investigation that identified two college-aged victims who […]