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, ...

CLINTON — Have you ever wondered what it feels like to ride the runners behind a team of dogs, steering a loaded sled through mountainous terrain, crossing the vast Alaskan tundra, hugging the ...

A steel arch commemorating sled dog racing was installed over Fourth Avenue in downtown Anchorage. The arch is part of an ...

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 ...

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 ...

How does traveling nearly 1000 miles in the Alaskan wilderness in the middle of winter sound? Each year in March, dog sled teams and mushers assemble in Alaska for the Iditarod, one of the most ...

a former model finds happiness as a sled dog musher in alaska, rescuing dogs, racing in the iditarod, and embracing the beauty of the wilderness. Judge orders Trump administration to preserve Yemen ...

The 53rd annual Iditarod race kicks off on March 1. 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 ...

This story was produced by KYUK Public Media and Northern Journal. Charlie Chingliak is a budding high-school basketball player in the Western Alaska Native village of Akiachak, and he looks the part ...