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2012 Musher leaderboard

Track all 62 mushers along the trail with live stats throughout the race and historical biographies.

Meet the sled dogs

Throughout Iditarod 40, we'll be profiling the real athletes of the race. Get to know the sled dogs of the Last Great Race.

2012 Reader photos

Check out the The Last Great Race from the fans' perspective as readers post photos from every checkpoint along the Iditarod trail.

2012 Trail map

Follow the mushers along the Iditarod trail's northern route, with live standings at each checkpoint.

The Sled Blog

Follow the news and notes leading up to the Iditarod and, after the race begins, live from the trail.

Reader-submitted: 2012 High School Grad

Location: sullivan arena, 05/07/12 dimond Grads

It's that time of the year: high school seniors celebrate the end of their tenure and begin to embark on the next stage of their long lives. Show off your accomplishment and see who else flipped the tassel.

Reader-submitted: 2012 UAA Grad

Location: Sullivan Arena, 05/06/12

Another college class graduating into the real world. Post a photo of your special graduate and see others.

RSVP: May 2012

Location: Bagram, Afghanistan, 05/01/2012 CW2 Clinton K. Brown III of the Alaska Army National Guard with President Obama 1 May 2012 in Bagram, Afghanistan

Submit your photos from community projects and social occasions around town in May, 2012.

Reader submitted: Alaska dogs

Location: White Mountain, 5/18/2007 Jace Kaden Gray watching over the frozen Fish River

Reader submitted dog photographs.

Alaska-based soldiers headed for Afghanistan

Brigade Deployment Ceremony

Brigade commander Col. Morris Goins addresses his troops and guests at a U.S. Army Alaska deployment ceremony for the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division Tuesday morning November 29, 2011 at Sullivan Arena. The 3,500-soldier brigade will be departing for Afghanistan on a series of flights in November and December.

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Food Bank of Alaska Thanksgiving Blessing

The Food Bank of Alaska Thanksgiving Blessing project is a community-wide effort to provide turkeys and all the fixings to everyone in need on one day, Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, from seven locations and is expected to provide enough food to feed around 7,000 families.

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Southcentral Power Project

Project manager Dustin Highers discusses the Southcentral Power Project located at the Chugach Electric Association headquarters off International Airport Road in Anchorage.

Touring the Goose Creek Correctional Center

Goose Creek Correctional Center

Corrections commissioner Joe Schmidt describes the new Goose Creek Correctional Center slated to begin accepting prisoners in March of 2012 at Point MacKenzie.

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Operation Bulldog Bite

Photo courtesy MSgt. Roger Sparks

Master Sgt. Roger Sparks talks about the experience of Operation Bulldog Bite in Afghanistan.