Thirty-three mushers plan to start the world's most famous sled dog race, the Iditarod in Alaska, on March 3. They'll start the race near Fairbanks and run with their teams of sled dogs for about ...

On this Alaska Insight, host Lori Townsend is joined by Mark Nordman, race director for the Iditarod, and Janet Clarke, race marshal for the Fur Rendezvous Open World Championship Sled Dog Race, to ...

Racers and their dogs from around the world hit Wisconsin's trails for a fast, snowless take on traditional sled dog racing. Katie Thoresen from member station WXPR reports.

Competitors from around the globe gathered at Minocqua Winter Park for the Sled Dog Dryland World Championships.

MINOCQUA, WI (WSAU-WAOW) – Competitors from around the globe gathered at Minocqua Winter Park for the Sled Dog Dryland World ...

The stereotypical sled dog racing image is a solitary figure mushing dogs through harsh winter weather. It couldn't have been more different Friday in Frazee, as schoolchildren and other spectators ...

Charlie Chingliak is a budding high school basketball player in the Western Alaska Native village of Akiachak, and he looks the part — sporting two stud earrings in each ear and a stylish hoodie ...

Musher Brent Sass, a repeat Yukon Quest winner and 2022 Iditarod champion who was disqualified from this year’s race after multiple women accused him of sexual assault, said Wednesday that he’s ...

The North Shore Community School hosted a special day of learning for its second graders. For 18 years, the school hosts its Ikidarod race. The kids pretend to be mushers and sled dogs as they race ...

Located deep in the woods of Ely, lies a special kind of dog kennel, one made specifically for sled dogs. “We have around 90 dogs here. They are age ranges in the mid to upper ages. This is an old ...

The Iditarod and the Yukon Quest may be the first races to come to mind when thinking about sled dog racing for many Alaskans, but the sport encompasses so many other distances and types of races as ...