NIKOLAI — Front-runners in the 2024 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race pulled into the checkpoint here Tuesday morning saying bare ground had torn up the plastic covering their sled runners and slowed their ...

One tourist recently had an uncomfortably close encounter with an angry moose while hiking at night, and the video ended up on TikTok as a warning to other potential night hikers. “This is why it’s a ...

The Iditarod is a sport unlike any other. That much is clear from the dog sleds alone. But it's also obvious with a simple perusal of the famous race's official rule book. Rule 34 states that any ...

Veterinarian Debby Burnett checks dogs on the team of Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race competitor Mille Porsild in Nikolai on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. (Casey Grove/Alaska Public Media) NIKOLAI — ...