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Nicolas Petit Claims Decisive Win in 2018 Kobuk 440

By admin | April 15, 2018

There was still pale orange light in the western sky as the French-born Girdwood musher rode into Kotzebue at 12:08 Sunday morning. He had seven energetic dogs in harness.

Making Ambler’s Checkpoint Run Takes a Village

By admin | April 14, 2018

Handmade musher signs plaster the walls of the Ambler checkpoint building (Photo: Gabe Colombo, KNOM)

People like Lolo Johnson, who’s been a race cook in Ambler for 12 years, make the busy checkpoint run smoothly as mushers come and go and come again.

Browning, King Race for Second as Petit Pushes On

By admin | April 14, 2018

Ellen King in Ambler on the 2018 Kobuk 440 trail (Photo: Zoe Grueskin, KNOM)

Veteran Tony Browning is the musher with the most Kobuk 440s under his belt, while relative newbie Ellen King is only racing her second.

Petit Extends Lead; Jessie Holmes Scratches

By admin | April 13, 2018

Nicolas Petit after pulling into the Ambler checkpoint for the second time (Photo: Gabe Colombo, KNOM)

Petit checked in to Ambler for the second time after completing the turnaround leg to Kobuk and back in a swift 7 hours. Holmes says he “way too hard, way too fast” at the beginning.

Jarvis Miller Wins 2018 Nome-Golovin Snowmachine Race; One Woman Injured

By admin | March 12, 2018 |

Racers line up at the start of the 2018 Nome-Golovin snowmachine race (Photo: Zoe Grueskin, KNOM)

Nome’s Jarvis Miller won for the first time in his fourth Nome-Golovin race. But the race’s high speed took its toll: a racer collision left Samantha Richards injured at the finish.

Iron Dog Racers Prepare For Early-Morning Race Restart

By admin | February 22, 2018

Casey Boylan of Team 14 and Brad George of Team 6 at the Public Works garage for layover maintenance work (Photo: Zoe Grueskin, KNOM)

Racers in the 2018 Iron Dog will now head out from Nome four hours earlier than planned, starting at 4 a.m. tomorrow morning.

Nome’s Morgan, Olds Lead Pack at Iron Dog Halfway

By admin | February 21, 2018 |

Nome's Mike Morgan hugs his daughter after crossing the halfway finish line in Nome (Photo: Karen Trop, KNOM)

Morgan and Olds of Team 10 crossed the halfway finish line at Nome’s East Front Street early this afternoon, at 12:43. For Morgan, it’s a hometown welcome.

Moore, Hall, Neese Finish As Top Three In 2018 Yukon Quest

By admin | February 13, 2018

A dog team and musher race out of the finish chute, with people cheering them on

Moore claims his third Yukon Quest win after finishing first in 2013 and 2014. Third-place finisher Laura Neese arrived into the Whitehorse finish just before 5:00 PST this afternoon.

Moore Rests One Checkpoint Away From Finish, Joined by Last Year’s Champ Matt Hall

By admin | February 12, 2018

Two-time Quest champion Allen Moore checked into Braeburn at 11:07 Pacific Standard Time this morning, for the required 8-hour layover. He’s now just 100 miles from the Whitehorse finish.