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.

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2017 Kobuk 440 Starts Today

Racers At The Starting Line of the 2016 Kobuk 440 Photo: Emily Schwing, KNOM.

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.

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