Cherie Larsen uses 150-year-old sourdough starter to cook pancakes for volunteers at the Iditarod checkpoint in Unalakleet on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. UNALAKLEET– Resident Cherie Larsen spent ...
Iditarod musher Jessie Holmes and his 11-dog team are the first to arrive in Unalakleet on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. Jessie Holmes and Matt Hall have continued to leapfrog each other down the trail.
Holmes reached Unalakleet, the first checkpoint on the coast, at 7:03 p.m. Tuesday and left after just 12 minutes. For being the first musher to arrive at Unalakleet, Holmes won 1 ounce of gold ...