Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nov. 14—A critically acclaimed movie about a famed Alaska Native musher will return to the big screen Sunday for a rare showing.

Competitors took to the snowy trail as the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race kicked off Sunday in Alaska following a trying year for the annual event. Musher Cody Strathe of Fairbanks and his 16-dog team ...

Mar. 9—On the first full day of competition, Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race competitors were ascending the Alaska Range. By 4 p.m. Monday, a little more than 40 miles separated 2025 champion Jessie ...

Eighty-five mushers set off Sunday to conquer the toughest terrain this nation has to offer, vying to become the first to reach Alaska's western coast with their dog teams. Scott Janssen, an ...

Corrections and clarifications: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated the start date for the race. The race began on Sunday, March 8. A video captured this week shows a team of sled dogs ...

Feb. 3—The popularity of long-distance mushing has been waning in recent years, a trend propelled by rising costs and a fading appetite for racing long, unsupported stretches through Alaska wilderness ...

Togo, not Balto, was the driving force behind the 1925 Serum Run to Nome, which found teams of mushers and sled dogs delivering antitoxin to children suffering from diphtheria David Kindy - ...

Dan Seavey, who helped organize the first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and whose son and grandson have each won the famous Alaska race multiple times, has died. He was 87. The Minnesota native, who ...

The Iditarod kicks off Sunday and, like most events in a pandemic, the 2021 sled dog race will be a little different. Even with an abbreviated course this year, it's a brutal test of tenacity and ...

Alaska’s last great race has struggled to keep up its finances and increase participation. Now, a $300,000 gift from an ...

Iowa native Riley Dyche has just finished his sixth run in the grueling Iditarod race with his mushing dogs — and he's only getting better. Since coming in 25th place in his rookie year, he's been ...

The veteran musher, who has competed in six previous Iditarods, scratched at 11:43 a.m. with 13 dogs in harness. In ...