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Musher Quince Mountain is about to embark on his second Iditarod, a long-distance dogsled race across Alaska. We asked him ...

The 2025 edition will also feature a field low on experience, as 16 rookies — defined as any musher who does not have an ...

1967 - The first Iditarod is held, with 58 mushers competing along a 50-mile trail. March 1973 - After shorter races in 1967 and 1969, the first full-length race takes place. The course is ...

The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race kicks off Saturday with a parade-like ceremony through Anchorage, but the route is significantly shorter this year due to lack of snow. Race officials announced ...

KNIK LAKE — This past Sunday, on an unseasonably warm February afternoon, more than 100 cyclists, skiers and walkers gathered at Knik Lake for the start of the 2025 Iditarod Trail Invitational.

When Jim LaLonde of Farmington Hills tells people that his daughter is competing in the Iditarod sled dog race over more than 1,000 miles in Alaska, the first thing they ask is why. They want to ...

After it was announced Feb. 17 that the Official Restart for the 2025 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race was moving to Fairbanks, it has now been confirmed that it will be held at Pike’s Waterfront Lodge.

Fairbanks athletes competing in the 2025 Iditarod Trail Invitational were lined up Sunday at Knik Lake east of Wasilla for the start of one of the world’s most daunting endurance races ...

The president said Lee Zeldin, the agency administrator, was planning mass layoffs. Hours later, officials said the president was referring to a budget cut only. By Lisa Friedman The ...

It was shortly after 1 a.m. February 9 and musher Pete Kaiser, Yup’ik, and his dog team were on their way to a record-tying ninth win in the Kuskokwim 300, the highly regarded mid-distance sled dog ...