Ben Matheson
Web ProducerBen Matheson has worked as a reporter for KYUK in Bethel and KNOM in Nome.
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Bethel musher Pete Kaiser’s consistency secured his eighth K300 title in the past 10 years. Four of the top 10 finishers were first-time K300 mushers. -
Bethel musher Pete Kaiser has won his eighth Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race title. The 36-year-old musher arrived in Bethel on Jan. 28 after distancing Matthew Failor and Travis Beals in the final hours of racing in frigid temperatures. He finished the race with all 12 dogs that he brought to the starting line. -
14 mushers raced on an icy, fast trail from Bethel to Akiak and back in the 2024 Akiak Dash Sled Dog Race. The race began with a mass start on the frozen Kuskokwim River in front of Bethel. 16-year-old Akiachak musher Schouviller Wassillie Jr. won the race in his rookie run. -
Twenty-year-old Kwethluk musher Jason Pavila is the first 2024 K300 competitor to make it to the race’s halfway checkpoint in Aniak. -
Most Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race teams are more than 100 miles up the trail after blazing a fast pace overnight from Bethel. -
Bethel musher Pete Kaiser has won his seventh Kuskokwim 300 title. He arrived at the Bethel finish line shortly before 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 29 with his team of 11 dogs. A big crowd of friends and family gathered at the finish line to celebrate. -
Jason Pavila has scratched from the Kuskokwim 300 at the Tuluksak checkpoint. The Kwethluk musher took a fall and ended his race early on Jan. 29. -
Nineteen-year-old Raymond Alexie’s perfect mushing season continued by winning the 2023 Akiak Dash in commanding fashion. The Kwethluk musher arrived in Bethel shortly before 5:00 p.m. on Jan. 28 after outpacing a field of 15 mushers from Bethel to Akiak and back. -
Eddie Burke Jr. is the first musher to depart Kalskag and begin on the trail towards the halfway checkpoint of Aniak in the 2023 Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race. -
On Jan. 28, 15 mushers will race the roughly 65-mile 2023 Akiak Dash Sled Dog Race from Bethel to Akiak and back. This year’s race will introduce a new winner to the history books because there are no past champions entered in this year’s race.
