Yukon North Of Ordinary

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Injury forces Nome musher from IditarodSubscribers only

March 8, 2011 at 3:25 pm

Melissa Owens dropped out of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race at 2 a.m. today at the Rainy Pass checkpoint.

Acquittal clears way for ex-Yukoner’s trialSubscribers only

April 23, 2010 at 5:04 pm

A U.S. federal jury Thursday found a man not guilty of murder in a 34-year-old killing on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation,

First 40 Iditarod finishers pass drugs testSubscribers only

March 26, 2010 at 3:19 pm

The first 40 finishers in the 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race have tested clean of any illegal substances,

Maintaining The PaceSubscribers only

March 16, 2010 at 2:40 pm

Whitehorse musher Hans Gatt leaves the Elim, Alaska checkpoint

THE CHAMP AND THE ROOKIESubscribers only

March 8, 2010 at 3:30 pm

Former Yukon Quest musher Lance Mackey, left, visits with rookie Newton Marshall.

Contenders have created a strong Quest field

December 30, 2009 at 4:32 pm

With three former champions, three runners-up and several other compelling entrants,

Beetles, fire: a double threat in a warming worldSubscribers only

October 7, 2009 at 3:02 pm

HAINES JUNCTION — A veil of smoke settled over the forest in the shadow of the St. Elias Mountains, in a wilderness whose spruce trees stood tall and gray, a deathly gray even in the greenest heart of a Yukon summer.

Mighty caribou herds are dwindlingSubscribers only

October 2, 2009 at 3:12 pm

This is one of an occasional series of stories leading up to December’s climate conference in Copenhagen,

Magnitude 3.8 quake shook the YukonSubscribers only

August 25, 2009 at 2:48 pm

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.8 on the Richter scale struck the northern Yukon early this morning.

Mushers welcome Quest’s earlier start dateSubscribers only

May 13, 2009 at 2:30 pm

Organizers of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race have moved their 2010 start time up a week,