Mar. 14—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 ...

Jessie Holmes, a former reality television star on “Life Below Zero,” won the longest-ever Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race early Friday morning, crossing under the burled arch in Nome, Alaska, around ...

Jessie Holmes became the first finisher of the 53rd Iditarod, as he crossed the finish line in Nome around 3 a.m. Friday. He completed the 1,128-mile long journey in 10 days, 14 hours, 55 minutes and ...

After spending nearly two weeks traversing more than 1,100 miles of the Alaska wilderness, Duluth’s Emily Ford finished her first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Sunday. Ford and her team passed under ...

Add a historic Iditarod across Alaska to Emily Ford’s résumé of extreme winter feats. Under bright sunshine, the rookie musher from Duluth and her team of 10 Alaskan huskies crossed the finish line of ...

Keaton Loebrich's main goal in his first Iditarod was to finish the race. Mission accomplished, and then some. One of 16 mushers who were taking on Alaska's famous sled dog race for the first time, ...

A Farmington Hills native finished the highest of any rookie in the Iditarod, a world-famous sled dog race through the Alaskan wilderness. “It was amazing,” said Samantha LaLonde, 29, placing 15th out ...

Iditarod musher Jessie Holmes accepting a prize for his first-place arrival into Unalakleet on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. Musher Jessie Holmes raced out of White Mountain around 5 p.m. Thursday, poised ...

RUBY, Alaska (AP) A blind dog is helping musher Kelly Maixner find the Iditarod finish line in western Alaska. The 5-year-old, 50-pound sled dog named Laura has a ...

NOME, Alaska - If you want to see mushers cross the finish line at the world's most famous sled dog race in March 2014, better make your reservations soon. There aren't many hotel rooms available at ...

Jul. 17—Even more than 50 years after her historic ride, Mary Shields was still inspiring the next generation of female mushers. Shields, the first woman to finish the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, ...

Mar. 14—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 ...