Pulled by seven dogs in pink-and-blue booties and carrying a pink, white, and blue trans pride flag, Iditarod competitor Apayauq Reitan drove her sled through the streets of Nome, Alaska, late at ...

The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Sunday recorded its first 2024 dog death. Around 9:46 a.m. Sunday, a 2-year-old dog named Bog running on rookie Isaac Teaford’s team collapsed about 200 feet ...

McCOOK, Neb. - Karen Land, a professional dog musher, author and public speaker, brought the rugged world of long-distance sled-dog racing to the McCook Public Library, sharing stories from the trail ...

Iditarod officials on Wednesday imposed a two-hour time penalty on musher Dallas Seavey for not properly gutting the moose he killed during the race earlier this week. Race marshal Warren Palfrey ...

A steel arch commemorating sled dog racing was installed over Fourth Avenue in downtown Anchorage. The arch is part of an ...

A legendary musher shot and killed a moose shortly after the start of the 2024 Iditarod after the moose injured one of his dogs, race officials said Monday. Dallas Seavey, a record-tying five-time ...

With days likely left in the sled dog race, one of the frontrunners has been given a 2-hour time penalty after officials deemed he didn't sufficiently gut a moose that got tangled with his dog team.

Joe Taylor, who lives outside of Fairbanks, said he might not ever race the Iditarod again after his rookie year in 2022. He said with a small kennel of 13 dogs, he’s not competitive enough to take ...

March 5, 2005 — -- Racing 16 dogs across the treacherous Alaska terrain can defeat even the most experienced of mushers, but Rachael Scdoris has an added challenge: She is legally blind. The ...

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 ...

Three merciful mushers were quietly penalized during an iconic Alaskan dog sled race for breaking rules by sheltering their animals during a fierce winter storm. Mille Porsild of Denmark, Michelle ...