Mar. 8—Mushers competing in this year's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race departed from Willow Lake early Sunday afternoon, embarking on their 975-mile journey to Nome. This year's field includes 37 teams, ...

Jan. 16—The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race may not be able to run along its usual route this year, owing to poor snow and trail conditions amid an exceptionally warm and low-snow winter across much of ...

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 ...

NOME, Alaska — Jessie Holmes, a former reality television star, won the longest-ever Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Friday, celebrating with fist pumps to a cheering crowd and posing for photos with ...

Justin and Kailyn Olnes with their dog Jig at the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race ceremonial start in Anchorage on March 1, 2025. Most mushers in this year's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race are competing ...

Musher Wade Marrs passes through the Iditarod “trailgate” party on the Chester Creek Trail in Anchorage on March 7, 2026. The 2026 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race began Saturday in downtown Anchorage, as ...

Snow conditions were so terrible in southcentral Alaska this year that the Iditarod had to move its starting point over 200 miles north to Fairbanks. This is the fourth time the race has had to move.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The rugged Iditarod started Monday, but a dearth of snow forced the iconic dog sled race to start further north and added a new route that allows mushers to bypass barren land, ...

The Iditarod, an annual sled dog race celebrating Alaska's official state sport, holds its ceremonial start in Anchorage. NOME, Alaska — Former reality TV star Jessie Holmes cruised to a repeat ...

NOME, Alaska (AP) — Former reality TV star Jessie Holmes cruised to a repeat victory in the Iditarod, the roughly 1,000-mile (1,609-kilometer) sled dog race in Alaska. Holmes guided his dog team ...