Jeff King rolls into Yukon River checkpoint of Ruby

Denali musher Jeff King at the 2016 Iditarod start on Sunday, March 6. (Photo by Ben Matheson/Alaska Public Media)Four-time Iditarod champion Jeff King has arrived at the Yukon River checkpoint of Ruby. He pulled in just after 1:00 Thursday afternoon. He told KNOM’s Emily Schwing prior to the race that he plans to rest a while there.
The last winning musher to successfully take a 24-hour break in Ruby was Emmitt Peters “The Yukon Fox” in 1975. King in 2014 pushed to Ruby and le