Hosted by the nearly century-old Hiawatha Sportsman’s Club, the race blends competitive mushing with community tradition.

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 ...

Olympic luge — often called the "fastest sport on ice" — is a timed race, in which athletes steer down a specially designed ice track at speeds that can exceed 145km/h (90 miles per hour), lying on ...

Sled dogs jump in excitement at the starting line of the 2024 Iditarod ceremonial start in Anchorage on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) Thirty-eight mushers and hundreds of ...

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 — ...