The 37th running of the Copper Basin 300 sled dog race kicked off in Glennallen at 10 a.m. on Saturday. After several last minute scratches, a total of 32 mushers ...

The Fairbanks musher finished the race about an hour and three minutes ahead of second-place Joanna Oberg, of Grand Marais.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Iditarod has punished three mushers for taking their dogs inside shelter cabins during fierce storms at the tail end of this year's race. Mushers Mille Porsild of Denmark ...

Gunnar Kaasen and his dog Balto, the heroic dog-sled team leader, sit for a portrait in the early 1920s. They were part of a group of mushers and sled dogs that braved frigid conditions to bring ...

The Iditarod, the annual sled dog race celebrating Alaska's official state sport, is set to get underway Saturday with a new focus on safety after five dogs died and eight were injured in collisions ...