NOME, Alaska — Jessie Holmes, a former reality television star, won the longest-ever Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Friday.

(Courtesy of the National Archives of Canada PA-005389, Panning gold during the Klondike Gold Rush) Gold had been discovered in the Yukon Territory ... gold rush in Nome, Alaska.

Unlike past years, to get to Nome, teams this year will no longer have to cross the Alaska Range; instead, teams this year will be facing a long stretch of running on the frozen Yukon River.

NOME, Alaska (AP ... He arrived in Alaska in 2004 and found adventure running dogs on a remote location of the Yukon River. Holmes now lives in Nenana, where he works as a carpenter and ...