ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The world’s most famous sled dog race is longer this year than ever before. Thanks to a lack of snow, this year's edition of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race needed a new ...

Alaska’s newest sled dog race breaks an alternative trail A slower pace and a community vibe just might be the future of mushing ...

Sled dogs on the team of Michelle Phillips (14), of Canada, run during the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska, on Saturday, March 1, 2025.

The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, also known as the “Last Great Race,” is a 1,000-mile race held annually in Alaska since its start in 1973.

FILE - Sled dogs mush along Cordova Street during the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Anchorage, Alaska. This year the deaths of three dogs ...

Emily Ford with part of her sled dog team used last winter in Alaskan races. Ford qualified for the 2025 Iditarod race from Anchorage to Nome and is now trying to raise the money needed to compete ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — For the past five years, Alaska’s annual Iditarod sled dog race has gone off mostly free of controversy, as teams of dogs and their mushers braved the elements in the 1,000 ...

Competition in the famed sled-dog race known as the Iditarod began in earnest on Sunday as 65 mushers and their canine teams set off from a frozen lake to venture into the snowy Alaska wilderness.

Federal officials have long seen Alaska as key to the nation's national security, with concerns rising as Russia and China ...

Lance King/Getty Images (ANCHORAGE, Alaska) — Ashley Keith used to always dream about joining the world of professional sled dog racing. She got her first sled dog when she was 13 years old and ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Ashley Keith used to always dream about joining the world of professional sled dog racing.