Once again, the headlines are heavy with the agonizing deaths of sled dogs. Once again, we are confronted by haunting images of dogs lying dead in the mud, still tethered ...

Mar. 1—Sled dogs leapt in place, yelping and tugging forward. Mushers excitedly prepared their teams, laying out the gangline and chatting with fans, friends and family members. Throngs of spectators ...

Alaska's famous Iditarod sled dog race's starting point has been moved northward to Fairbanks for the 2025 event. The 1,000-mile trek goes westward across the state to Nome. The move came after ...

The world’s most famous sled dog race is longer than ever this year thanks to a lack of snow. This year’s Iditarod race, which began on Monday, March 3, will last a record distance of 1,128 miles, ...

GALENA — Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race teams at the head of the pack were wrapping up their mandatory 24-hour breaks at checkpoints along the trail Friday, including the one in this Interior community.

NOME — Jessie Holmes, a 43-year-old who came to Alaska from Alabama more than 20 years ago, earned his first victory in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race early Friday. Holmes crossed under the burled ...

Mar. 10—The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Sunday recorded its first 2024 dog death. Around 9:46 a.m. Sunday, a 2-year-old dog named Bog running on rookie Isaac Teaford's team collapsed about 200 ...

Iditarod musher Pete Kaiser arrives at the Unalakleet checkpoint on March 13, 2022. This year, mushers will race out of Fairbanks and rejoin the traditional route in Unalakleet. (Jeff Chen/Alaska ...

JUNEAU, Alaska — Bundled-up well wishers lined a street along the Bering Sea coastline in the early morning darkness Friday, cheering musher Jessie Holmes as he won Alaska’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog ...