Craig Medred

Yukon convergence

Iditarod races hit Ruby The winter, crossroad community of Ruby, Alaska – where the Iditarod Trail meets the frozen Yukon River was a busy place today with Norway’s ...
Fox21Online

Jessie Holmes reaches Yukon River first, keeps Iditarod lead

Jessie Holmes reached the Yukon River first, arriving at Ruby, Alaska to earn the First Musher to the Yukon Award. He remains in the lead as the Iditarod Trail Sled ...
Alaska Public Media

Denali Highway neighbors battle for Iditarod lead at the Yukon River

For the second year in a row, Jessie Holmes and Paige Drobny are jockeying for the top spot. “That’s my closest neighbor, 26 miles away. It’s hard to root against her,” Holmes said shortly after ...
Alaska Public Media

Iditarod musher Petit and his dogs chow down in Ruby after arriving first to the Yukon River town

Big Lake musher Nicolas Petit digs into the parmesan rosemary fingerling potatoes that came with his ribeye steak with gorgonzola truffle butter and sauteed swiss chard. Petit won a gourmet meal ...
The Montana Standard

Mackey first into Ruby checkpoint of Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race

RUBY, Alaska (AP) — The village bell rang as defending champion Lance Mackey and his 14 dogs sailed up a snowy hill Friday morning as the first team in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race to pull into ...