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    Iditarod
    Addy Pederson poses with a dog at the Dream A Dream kennel on Sunday, February 10, 2024, in Willow, Alaska at the end of the Willow Jr. 100 race. (Photo provided by Sherry Pedersen)
    Homer’s Addy Pederson to compete in 2024 Jr....
    By Emilie Springer • February 14, 2024 1:30 am

    A Homer ninth grader is one of 21 entrants in this year’s Jr. Iditarod, and the only one from south…

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    Paul Gebhardt is photographed on March 24, 1996. (M. Scott Moon/Peninsula Clarion)
    Kasilof musher dies at 67
    By Jacob Dye • December 6, 2023 1:30 am

    Paul Gebhardt was a 21-time participant in the Iditarod

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    Photo provided by Jaclyn Arndt 
Jaclyn Arndt poses at the Iditarod Trail Invitational finish line <ins>on Tuesday,</ins> March 7, <ins>2023</ins> in McGrath<ins>,</ins> <ins>Alaska</ins>.
    Homer athlete completes second ski ultramarathon
    By Delcenia Cosman • March 30, 2023 1:30 am

    Local firefighter/EMT participates in 350-mile Iditarod Trail Invitational

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    Lance Mackey sits with his lead dogs Larry, right, and Maple after crossing the finish line of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on March 18, 2009, in Nome, Alaska, to win his third Iditarod in a row. Mackey, a four-time Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race winner and one of mushing’s most colorful and accomplished champions who also suffered from health and drug issues, died Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, his father and kennel announced on Facebook. He was 52. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)
    Cancer claims 4-time Iditarod champion Lance Mackey
    By Mark Thiessen Associated Press • September 14, 2022 2:30 am

    Officials with the world’s most famous sled dog race said Iditarod Nation was in mourning

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    Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race defending champion Joar Ulsom, of Norway, talks to fans before the ceremonial start of this year’s race Saturday, March 2, 2019, in Anchorage, Alaska. Ulsom and 51 other mushers will officially start the race Sunday, March 3, 2019, in Willow, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen
    Norwegian maintains Iditarod lead
    By Rachel D’oro Associated Press • March 6, 2019 5:30 am

    ANCHORAGE (AP) — Norwegian musher Joar Ulsom retook the lead in the world’s most famous sled dog race, but he…

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    Dallas Seavey wins third Iditarod in four years
    Dallas Seavey wins third Iditarod in four years
    By MARK THIESSEN • March 18, 2015 4:45 pm

    NOME — If ever there was uncertainty about the outcome of the world’s most famous sled dog race, it was…

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    Iditarod renews TV deal  with Sportsman Channel
    Iditarod renews TV deal with Sportsman Channel
    October 1, 2014 3:23 pm

    ANCHORAGE (AP) — Organizers of Alaska’s famed Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race have renewed a deal with the Sportsman Channel,…

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    Musher Jeff King’s dog team comes alert as he lets them know they are minutes away from leaving the McNeil Canyon checkpoint during the 2012 Tustumena 200.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News
    T200 halfway point at McNeil Canyon
    By McKibben Jackinsky • February 4, 2013 1:21 pm

    Temperatures in Homer were hovering around zero degrees Sunday afternoon, but at the Tustumena 200 volunteers’ meeting at Captain’s Coffee…

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