Alaska State Troopers were asked to help search for missing Iditarod musher Deborah Bicknell, a 61-year-old rookie who was last seen Wednesday morning leaving the Rainy Pass checkpoint. (Update: Bicknell was found around 4:00 p.m. Thursday less than 20 miles from the Rohn checkpoint.)
At the front of the race, Lance Mackey appeared to be holding on to first place and may be taking his 24-hour layover at the Iditarod checkpoint, along with Paul Gephardt, Ed Iten, Mitch Seavey, Tollof Monson and Cim Smyth. (Iditarod Trail Committe communications with these remote checkpoints appear to have broken down, making race updates unreliable.)
Other top mushers have already taken their 24-hour layovers earlier along the trail and are racing to catch the front runners. That group includes Zack Steer, Jeff King, Martin Buser, Jason Barron, Aliy Zirkle and Ken Anderson.
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