Bethel’s local sprint mushing club has hosted four races over the past week, and two familiar names came out on top.

Fans nearly blew the top off the Warrior Dome for the championship matches of the 37th annual 1A Coastal Conference basketball tournament in Bethel on March 3.

For the Lower Kuskokwim River communities keeping mushing strong in the region, the Doubles Race is a family affair.

The wide-open sky and super-flat tundra expanses of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta might not immediately seem connected to elite skiing, but training on the Kuskokwim River led one Bethel man to a podium finish in a unique world championship event.

With seconds to go, Warriors senior George Lee came up with an offensive rebound putback that brought the Warriors to victory.

Sixteen mushers and their dogs are set to race from Bethel to Bogus Creek and back this weekend in the annual Bogus Creek 150 Sled Dog Race. Here’s what to expect from the race and how to keep track of the action.

The last-minute change follows pushback from mushers who called parts of the trail unsafe.

High school boys in Akiachak can “forget the muscle cars,” said Barron Sample, principal of the village’s school. “You get the muscle dogs,” he said. Welcome to the mushing-crazed Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta — the one region of Alaska where the sport of mushing seems to be thriving, not just surviving.

The Bethel boys varsity basketball squad emerged champions in the Donlin Gold tournament at the Warrior Dome over the weekend, while the Warriors girls also fought hard to take second place.

Despite a rough start to the 2025 mushing season and the postponement of every K300-sponsored race thus far, Jan. 16 proved to be a great day to run dogs on the Kuskokwim River for the Holiday Classic sled dog race.