This column is for fans and mushers of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. I’m writing not only as someone who has been involved with the Iditarod for 45 years, but as someone who deeply loves this race ...

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, ...

When Karen Land was a young adult hiking the Appalachian Trail, a librarian recommended a book that inspired her to shift the ...

Jan. 16—The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race may not be able to run along its usual route this year, owing to poor snow and trail conditions amid an exceptionally warm and low-snow winter across much of ...

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 ...

Seavey and 10 dogs crossed the Nome finish line to cheering crowds at 10:39 p.m. Alaska time Tuesday. "This is for all of the gentlemen of a certain age," he said on a live stream posted to the ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The rugged Iditarod started Monday, but a dearth of snow forced the iconic dog sled race to start further north and added a new route that allows mushers to bypass barren land, ...

Dane Baker (21), of Royal Oak, Michigan, mushes through downtown during the Ceremonial Start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska., Saturday, March 1, 2025. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) ...

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 ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- It was an amazing reunion between an Alaska woman and her beloved husky sled dog that went missing for a whole month after taking part in the grueling Iditarod race. The dog went ...

Mar. 14—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 ...