FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTUU/KTVF) - The 2026 Yukon Quest Alaska 750 kicked off Saturday in Fairbanks as six mushers began their 750-mile journey through the Interior wilderness. Starting at 11 a.m., each ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome faced a bleak winter. It was hundreds of miles from anywhere, cut off by the frozen sea and ...

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, ...

Iowa native Riley Dyche has just finished his sixth run in the grueling Iditarod race with his mushing dogs — and he's only getting better. Since coming in 25th place in his rookie year, he's been ...

Mar. 9—On the first full day of competition, Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race competitors were ascending the Alaska Range. By 4 p.m. Monday, a little more than 40 miles separated 2025 champion Jessie ...

Mar. 10—Iditarod mushers contended with strong wind and deep cold crossing the Alaska Range on Monday evening and overnight. By Tuesday afternoon, the second full day of racing, almost all of the ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome faced a bleak winter. It was hundreds of miles from anywhere, cut off by the frozen sea and unrelenting blizzards, and under siege from a ...

FILE - Gunnar Kaasen and with his dog Balto, the heroic dogsled team leader, sit for a portrait in the early 1920s. (AP Photo, File) ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome faced a ...