Lex Treinen / Alaska Public Media / Paige Drobny, of Cantwell, approaches the Galena checkpoint during the March 2022 Iditarod. - Fairbanks, Alaska 
Local mushers among early Iditarod sign-ups
Alaska’s in some of its hottest days of the summer yet. But some mushers already have winter on the brain.
Saturday was the first day to register for the 2023 Iditarod and 21 are already signed up, including last year’s champion, Brett Sass of Eureka.
Two on the roster hail from the Kenai Peninsula.
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