FAIRBANKS — An Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race that is both historic and a major departure from the norm launched onto the Chena River on Monday morning, sending 33 teams to Nome for the 53rd running of ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2025 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, also known as "The Last Great Race," is now scheduled to run from Fairbanks to Nome, moving it closer to its ...

FAIRBANKS — Brought together by friendship, fandom, curiosity and happenstance, thousands of people descended into an area surrounding Pike’s Waterfront Lodge on Monday in Fairbanks to take in the ...

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 ...

Thirty-three sled dog teams raced out of Fairbanks Monday onto the longest Iditarod trail in history. The last-minute plan to change the route went off without a hitch despite significant changes to ...

Raised roughly a mile from the Mississippi River in Inver Grove Heights, Eric Rud was accustomed to the occasional deer roaming through the old neighborhood when he was a prep hockey standout at ...

Slowly and methodically, Matt Lewis and Sam Brandsma made their way down the chute Sunday afternoon, securing black barrier cloth to orange poles with zip ties. By the time they finished, the two men ...

The first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race to restart in Fairbanks since 2017, which will also be the longest Iditarod ever (well over 1,100 miles), began with crowds lining Hoselton Road, temperatures ...

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 ...

Polar Bears, Huskies to meet Nov. 14 in first round of football playoffs FAIRMONT — Earlier this season, the North Marion Huskies exorcised 23 years worth of Fairmont Senior demons, and ended a losing ...