Local Dog Racing

With his first-place finish, Williams Jr.’s racing kennel has also clinched this year’s five-race Delta Championship Series. Kwethluk musher Michael Larson and Bethel's Maurice Andrews took the second and third spots in Sunday's race.

Larson held onto a narrow lead throughout the race, finishing 5 minutes ahead of Akiak’s Mike Williams Jr. Normally billed as the February 50 Doubles, this year’s race was postponed to March, and then shifted to a single musher race out of concerns over children being exposed to extreme windchills.

Kwethluk's Raymond Alexie took first place in the out-and-back race between Bethel and the village of Atmautluak.

Veteran Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race musher Ramey Smyth is leading the effort to build the new arch, replacing one that collapsed in April.

Several dog mushers who built their skills in the Kuskowkim 300 are competing in the 2021 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, which began on March 7. Coffee at…