Matthew Failor harnessed his 16-dog team Monday night and raced away into the darkness from the village of Nenana, population ...

The Iditarod, now in its 53rd year, is the largest and most popular dog sled race in the world. "The Last Great Race on Earth ...

A last-minute plan to change the route went off without a hitch despite significant changes to the original trail.

The rugged Iditarod started Monday, but a dearth of snow forced the iconic dog sled race to start further north and added a ...

The 53rd annual Iditarod Trail sled-dog race is officially underway in Alaska. The race started in Fairbanks this year as opposed to the traditional Willow location. The change of course is due to a ...

When unseasonably warm temperatures left the Iditarod course unusable, organizers were forced to reconfigure a 1,128-mile ...

Both locals and visitors were enthusiastic for the Interior-based Iditarod restart, which hadn’t been held in Fairbanks since ...

Sled dog teams made their way through downtown Anchorage for the 53rd annual Iditarod, marking one of the driest ceremonial ...

While crowds gathered for the Iditarod, Anchorage firefighters battled a major Midtown fire in a commercial building. No injuries reported, and the cause remains under investigation.