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2018 Yukon Quest Begins on Saturday

By Davis Hovey | February 2, 2018

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

26 teams, including two mushers from Western Alaska, are set to compete on a 1,000-mile course from Fairbanks to Whitehorse, Yukon Territory.

Historic 2018 Kuskokwim 300 Complete; Kaiser Claims 4th Straight Win

By Davis Hovey | January 22, 2018

Musher in heavy parka with fur ruff hugs sled dogs under finish line of the Kuskokwim 300 in Bethel, Alaska.

Kaiser has won his fourth straight K300 sled dog race, making him the only musher in the race’s history to do so. Kaiser arrived into Bethel yesterday morning, crossing the finish line around 9am. 18 mushers started the race in Bethel but six of them scratched before completing the two, 150-mile laps.