Dallas Seavey Overcomes Early Adversity to Become Six-Time Iditarod Champion
2024 Iditarod Champion, Dallas Seavey, holds an oversized check above his head as the crowd on Front Street celebrates his victory. (Ben Townsend photo) March 12, 2024 Ben Townsend, News Director Dallas Seavey entered the history books with a dominant performance in the 2024 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, claiming a record sixth victory. Seavey […]
Iditarod to Tighten Race Trail Security, Rewrite “Gag Rule”
The Iditarod Trail Committee (ITC) is taking steps to tighten security along the race route in the near future. The move comes after October’s announcement that four dogs on four-time champion Dallas Seavey’s team tested positive for the prohibited painkiller tramadol at the end of the 2017 race.
2018 Iditarod Registration Deadline Come and Gone; Almost 70 Mushers Will Compete
Veteran musher John Baker of Kotzebue was the final one out of 69 people to enter into the 1,000-mile sled dog race before this morning. Dallas Seavey is still listed as withdrawn since he took himself out of the race in protest for the way the Iditarod Trail Committee handled the positive drug tests taken from his dog team earlier this year.
Doping Scandal Plagues Iditarod: What Happened, and What’s Next
The state sport of Alaska, dog mushing, has long been free from doping controversy. Not so any more. Four dogs on four-time champion Dallas Seavey’s team tested positive for a prohibited pain-reliever this year. KNOM’s Gabe Colombo goes in-depth with a review of Seavey’s statements, the available facts about this ongoing story, and the direction it’s headed.
Ten New Faces Competing In Iditarod 2018; 52 Mushers Already Signed Up
Recognizable names on the Iditarod 2018 roster include last year’s champ, Mitch Seavey, as well as his son, Dallas. First-time registrants include former Nome resident Tara Cicatello.
2017 Kobuk 440 Starts Today
Kobuk 440 race coordinator Carmen Daggett says the first teams are expected to cross the finish line in Kotzebue sometime late Sunday or early Monday.
The Epic Iditarod Returns
KNOM has covered the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race each year since its inception in 1973. The 2017 Iditarod was a red-letter year both for its competitors and for our mission and its listeners.
Iditarod: a red-letter year
As part of our April 2014 newsletter, take a look back at an incredible, exceptional Iditarod: both for our radio mission and for the Last Great Race itself.
KNOM Radio Mission, 2012: Twelve Snapshots
January In Nome, KNOM’s news department is on the front lines for a story with worldwide interest: the Russian tanker Renda makes an unprecedented winter fuel delivery, escorted in its journey through the frozen Bering Sea by the US Coast Guard icebreaker Healy. The delivery comes in the wake of an epic, fall 2011 storm […]