MCCALL, Idaho — For the second year in a row, organizers are modifying the Idaho Sled Dog Challenge in Valley County due to less-than-favorable weather conditions. In 2026, the 100 and 300-mile races ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — 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 ...

Four barking dogs pulled musher Ryan Redington on a four-wheeler across a frozen lake in Knik, about an hour north of Anchorage. Normally, he said, he’d be training on a sled, but it’s been months ...

Five Indigenous mushers and their dog teams are well into the first leg of the Iditarod. The 1,000-mile race got underway in Willow on Sunday, as mushers headed out onto a vast landscape, covered with ...

Mar. 7—As snow fell in Anchorage on Saturday, the 54th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race launched from downtown during Saturday's ceremonial start as crowds cheered on a parade of mushers. The field, which ...