Mar. 11—Most of the top teams in this year's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race opted to declare their 24-hour mandatory rests in Takotna. The checkpoint is considered a safe, convenient spot for one of the ...

Mar. 13—Jessie Holmes arrived first to the White Mountain checkpoint at 8:39 a.m. Thursday, just as color was starting to creep into the sky over the frozen Fish River. The position puts the Nenana ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Rookie Iditarod musher Jaye Foucher of New Hampshire scratched at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Rainy Pass checkpoint. According to the Iditarod, Foucher chose not to continue ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Downtown Anchorage will be filled with the sounds of barking dogs as hundreds of sled dogs participate in the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Saturday.

Paper sled dogs at Bayshore Elementary photographed on Feb. 20, 2026 will be moved to different checkpoints when students read a certain amount of minutes. As sled dog teams mush the 1,000-mile ...