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 ...

In an announcement Tuesday, the Iditarod Trail Committee said it had selected musher Dan Carter for the role. Carter ...

Mar. 1—Sled dogs leapt in place, yelping and tugging forward. Mushers excitedly prepared their teams, laying out the gangline and chatting with fans, friends and family members. Throngs of spectators ...

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

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, ...

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 ...

Alaska's famous Iditarod sled dog race's starting point has been moved northward to Fairbanks for the 2025 event. The 1,000-mile trek goes westward across the state to Nome. The move came after ...

The Iditarod is already preparing to take care of the 2026 Return Dogs, and they could use the public’s help to do it.

Why not run the Iditarod with teams of humans? Tether a dozen folks together in halters, and when one gets tired and tries to quit, the others drag that person staggering along for a hundred miles.

EAGLE ISLAND, Alaska — Duluth resident Emily Ford was running midpack a week into her debut in the famed Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Ford was in 13th place overall out of a field of 33 entries that ...