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Fairbanks: -21°/-15°/Partly cloudy
Juneau: 24°/33°/Cloudy
Iron Dog winners to claim $50,000
The top prize in the world's longest and toughest snowmachine race will double to a record $50,000, Iron Dog organizers said Wednesday.
Help wanted: Denali needs a dog musher
In the world of dog mushing, there aren't many jobs with a steady paycheck. Professional mushers live off the bounty of their race earnings, dog breeding skills and marketing savvy. And within a federal government that employs 19.7 million people, there is one -- exactly one -- dog mushing job.
Bears strand hunters by destroying their raft
Several members of a bear-hunting party found the tables turned early this morning near Klukwan when a sow with two cubs shredded their raft and left them stranded, according to Alaska State Troopers.