The Iditarod is the most popular dog sled race in the world. Teams of one musher and 12–14 dogs race nearly 1,000 miles, ...

After Saturday's ceremonial start in Anchorage, the race clock starts ticking for real with a restart Sunday in Willow, as ...

Reporter Tawney Beans recently went on a dog-powered ride through Killbuck Marsh in Shreve after reuniting with former Iditarod musher Tom Roig.

Long before there were any visitors at Denali National Park and Preserve, there were sled dogs. "We have had dogs almost continuously for the past 100 years here at the park," Denali kennels manager ...

Mar. 7—A dog on the team of rookie musher Daniel Klein died Friday during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race outside Galena, race officials said. Race marshal Warren Palfrey said in a statement that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

The lodge was dimly lit and warm. It smelled of burgers frying and the owner’s trademark freshly cut French fries. People crowded around the most powerful person in the room, and everyone seemed to ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A musher reached an Iditarod milestone and was feted with prizes made from beaver and moose. The oldest musher in the race has called it quits. And a four-time champion finds ...

Knik musher Hunter Keefe spreads straw for his dogs in the Ruby checkpoint in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race Friday, March 8, 2024. (Casey Grove/Alaska Public Media) RUBY — Iditarod mushers arriving ...

If climate change really gets going, Alaska might learn something from southern California. That's where some people have been using sled dogs without snow. The group is called Southern California ...

Three sled dogs died Monday and another was injured when a snowmachine struck a dog team on the Denali Highway, authorities said. The incident marked the second time in the past month that a ...