For Iditarod’s “Old Guard,” New Vantage Points, Whether On the Trail or Off It
![Seen from afar, Jeff King mushing into Kaltag.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/20170312-ZH-Jeff-King-mushing-into-Kaltag-1200x800.jpg)
“I need sleep now (that) I didn’t used to need,” Jeff King said this year in Unalakleet. As younger mushers like Joar Ulsom push to Nome, Iditarod titans of years past, like King, are viewing the Iditarod trail from new perspectives.
Takotna or Ophir? (Pie or Privacy?) Where Iditarod Mushers Choose to “24” is Often a Question of Personal Choice.
![Musher attends to his team in the Ophir checkpoint](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/20180307-Jeff-King-resting-his-team-at-the-Ophir-checkpoint-1200x788.jpg)
Camaraderie and comfort or quiet and privacy? Comparing the Takotna and Ophir checkpoints shows that personal preferences for mushers differ when it comes to where to take Iditarod’s mandatory, 24-hour layover.
Starting Positions Set for 2018 Iditarod; 67 Mushers to Depart from Willow on Sunday
![Miss Alaska 2017, Angelina Klapperich, poses next to the trophy (bearing a likeness of the late Joe Redington, Sr.) that will be given to the 2018 Iditarod champion.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/03012018-MusherBanquet-Miss-Alaska-1002x1200.jpg)
After bib #1 was dedicated to this year’s honorary musher, the late Joe Redington, Jr., Cody Strathe and all the other 66 registered mushers drew numbers from a traditional mukluk boot during Thursday night’s mushers banquet in Anchorage. Strathe will be the first musher to leave Willow Sunday afternoon.
Iditarod to Develop Kennel Management Program
![Aliy Zirkle, mushing into Unalakleet](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014-03-08-iditarod-unk-1-14-1216px-1200x800.jpg)
The Iditarod Trail Committee (ITC) announced last week that it’s working on a formal kennel management program to be put in place next year.
Ten New Faces Competing In Iditarod 2018; 52 Mushers Already Signed Up
![Tara Cicatello at the K300 finish. Photo: Ben Matheson, KYUK.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/IMG_6917-1200x801.jpg)
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.
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 […]