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Kids Care for Community

By KNOM Radio | May 31, 2018

Woman, standing, addresses classroom of elementary school students, their teacher, and a park ranger, all seated.

“How do we take care of others?” asks the voice of a child in a radio spot airing this summer on KNOM. It’s part of a new series in which “radio rangers” explore how to be responsible members of one’s community.

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.

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.

As Moore Leads Pack Towards Canadian Border, American Summit Looms

By admin | February 6, 2018

A group of sled dogs dashes over the snow in front of a crowd behind white and yellow barriers.

Two mushers have now reached the Eagle checkpoint in this year’s Yukon Quest, with several more not far behind. Mushers still have to climb the 3420-feet American Summit before crossing into Canada.

Moore Leads Pack As Mushers Enter Second Quarter of Yukon Quest

By admin | February 5, 2018

A dogsled team departs a log cabin at Slaven's Roadhouse. Photo Credit: National Park Service (2013)

Six mushers have left Circle and are heading down the 160-mile stretch to Eagle, Alaska. 2013 Quest champion Allen Moore retains his lead in first position.

Iditarod to Tighten Race Trail Security, Rewrite “Gag Rule”

By admin | December 11, 2017 |

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.