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 ...

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

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, ...

Dogs in musher Amanda Otto's team rest in Takotna on a 24-hour break during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (Casey Grove/Alaska Public Media) TAKOTNA – Take care of the ...

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 ...

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

A week of skiing and snowboarding in Summit County is not an easy feat. After taking numerous falls, experiencing foot pain from boots and feeling the muscle fatigue from staying on the slopes for ...

Among the most popular sports in Alaska, especially amid the ever-lasting winter months, is dog mushing (also known as sled dog racing). It began as a way to traverse the vast expanses of the state ...

Nome, Alaska, January 1925. Home to roughly 1,400 hearty people who live off what they can pull from the rugged landscape. The population in the U.S. territory of Alaska is a mix of Athabascan and ...