Iditarod News

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Thursday May 16 | KFQD-AM Anchorage

Official recommends dog be killed following attack

The head of the Mat-Su Borough animal control division is recommending that a sled dog belonging to Iditarod musher Jake Berkowitz be killed after the husky attacked and seriously injured a 2-year-old girl in Big Lake.

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Wed May 15, 2013

KFQD-AM Anchorage

Norwegians moving dogs to Alaska for Iditarod

A Norwegian couple decided to compete in Alaska's famous Iditarod sled dog race.

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Sun May 12, 2013

Anchorage Daily News

Dog attack that seriously injured young girl took place at Iditarod musher's kennel

A 2-year-old girl seriously injured when a dog attacked her Friday at a top Iditarod musher's Big Lake kennel is expected to survive, her father said Sunday.

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Sun Apr 28, 2013

Anchorage Daily News

Iditarod a confidence-builder for rookie musher

A decade and a half later, Beals found himself in a similar daydream state in Rohn on rest while mushing the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

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Sat Apr 27, 2013

Anchorage Daily News

Terminally ill, former Assemblyman Ken Stout is in his 'last days,' family says

Former city Assemblyman Ken Stout, 84, is terminally ill and receiving hospice care at home this week in Anchorage, his family says.

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