ANCHORAGE, Alaska — For the past five years, Alaska’s annual Iditarod sled dog race has gone off mostly free of controversy, as teams of dogs and their mushers braved the elements in the 1,000-mile (1 ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The world’s most famous sled dog race is longer this year than ever before. Thanks to a lack of snow, this year's edition of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race needed a new ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Nine of the 10 sled dogs that kept going when their Seattle musher fell off near Willow, Alaska, on Monday survived two days of tangles, fights and hunger while trapped on their ...

Ashley Keith used to always dream about joining the world of professional sled dog racing. She got her first sled dog when she was 13 years old and fantasized about one day participating in the ...

FAIRBANKS — As the sun began to rise over the frozen Tanana River on Saturday, competitors made their way to the start of Alaska’s newest sled dog race, the Tanana Valley Sled Dog Races, or T-Dog. In ...

BOISE, Idaho — Five Alaskan husky sled dogs that were seized from a Valley County property in February after being found severely malnourished are thriving at their new home in Oregon. They're ...

Local mushers compete in the 2025 Akiak Dash. This story was produced by KYUK and Northern Journal. Charlie Chingliak is a budding high school basketball player in the Western Alaska Native village of ...

Alaska’s Mat-Su Valley is a major dog-mushing hub, even in the snow-free offseason. Several Iditarod mushers live and train their teams in the Mat-Su town of Willow, which experiences near ...

For the past five years, Alaska’s annual Iditarod sled dog race has gone off mostly free of controversy, as teams of dogs and their mushers braved the elements in the 1,000-mile test of endurance ...