Wade Marrs leads Iditarod 2017 into Ruby

Wade Marrs was the first musher to reach the Ruby checkpoint, coming off the Yukon River into town at sunset. (Photo: Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media.)Wade Marrs led two past champions into the Ruby checkpoint last night in the 2017 Iditarod. 350 miles into the trail, the racing is underway as teams plot their next moves along hundreds of winding miles on the Yukon River.
Willow musher Wade Marrs arrived first into the checkpoint a little before 7 p.m.
“There’s a lot of people