At this year's banquet, Bethel's Pete Kaiser was anything but boastful about his new title of winningest Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race musher. In speeches throughout the evening, mushers and officials showed how a little luck and a lot of support have kept the race going strong 47 years and counting.

A 66-year-old Akutan man faces 10 felony counts of possession of child sexual abuse material.

The long-anticipated decision over pollock trawlers’ chum bycatch has seafood towns like Unalaska worried.

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Bethel’s Pete Kaiser made history as he crossed the finish line of the 47th Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race (K300) on the morning of Jan. 25. This victory, his tenth, makes him the winningest musher in race history, surpassing veteran musher Jeff King’s previous nine-win record.

The hometown hero has become the winningest musher in the history of the Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race, pulling through the finish line in Bethel at 10:40 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 25.

The Kwethluk musher, now in his second year of racing, beat out 15 teams in the race to Akiak and back on Saturday, Jan. 24.

In a repeat of last year’s race, the Akiak mushing veteran and his 11 dogs were first to the halfway point of the race, pulling in just before 11 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 24.

Sixteen mushers are registered to compete in the 60 mile out-and-back race, which will take place Saturday, Jan. 24 in Bethel.