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Cancer claims Iditarod champion Rick Mackey. His father and brother also won famed Alaska race
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Rick Mackey, the winner of the 1983 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, has died of lung cancer, his daughter told The Associated Press Wednesday. Mackey, who died Monday, was 71. The Mackey name is closely tied to the history of the Iditarod, the grueling race...
Iditarod says new burled arch will be in place for '25 race after current finish line arch collapses
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — There will be a new burled arch over the finish line to welcome mushers in next year’s Iditarod, a race official said days after the current arch crumbled into a wood pile. That arch, which has been used since the 2000 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race,...
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