Matthew Failor wins Kuskokwim 300
The 36-year-old musher appears to now also hold the fastest win in the race’s 40-year history.
Close finish could be on tap for Kusko 300
The 300-mile sled dog race will finish Sunday in Bethel.
Poor trail turns Yukon Quest 300 into a 200-mile sled dog race
Lack of snow in the Yukon Territory caused officials to shorten next month’s race.
Repeat Pete goes for 5th straight Kusko 300 win, but he faces tough competition
Pete Kaiser of Bethel will try to become the first musher in 40 years to win the race five straight times.
Copper Basin 300 begins with 35 teams
Robert Redington held a slim lead 50 miles into the 300-mile race.
Iditarod’s longtime chief executive resigns for another job
Stan Hooley “has accepted an opportunity that will take him out of Alaska for extended periods of time for several years,” said a statement from the Iditarod race organization.
Will the snow ever come? Doubts creep in for mushers, skiers, trappers and snowmachiners
Snow or not, the Yukon Quest has a big field of mushers — unlike the Iditarod, which continues to make perplexing decisions, columnist John Schandelmeier writes.
Iditarod absolves Dallas Seavey of involvement in 2017 dog drugging
The board of directors said it doesn’t know who drugged four dogs on Seavey’s team, but says it wasn’t the four-time champion.
Lance Mackey set for return to the Iditarod after 3 years away
The four-time champion was among several mushers who entered the race during the final week of signups, bringing the number of entries to 51.
Hugh Neff barred from 2019 Iditarod amid concerns over dog care
The two-time Yukon Quest champion had already been banned from the 2019 Quest after one of his dogs died on the trail in this year’s race.
Kansas congressional candidate who ran the Iditarod is having his honesty challenged
Steve Watkins applied 11 times for the Alaska Permanent Fund dividend and hadn’t lived in Kansas for years.
President of the Iditarod board steps down
Andy Baker, the brother of 2011 Iditarod champion, served on the sled dog race’s governing board for eight years.
Iditarod adds fifth new board member
The new Iditarod board represents a shift from a board made up largely of current and former Iditarod competitors, and family of those competitors.
After series of controversies, Iditarod adds four new board members
The new board members include a former Olympian and advertising executive.
Iditarod drug testing official quits after being accused of threat
Dr. Morrie Craig resigned after more than 25 years leading the canine drug testing program, which he started.
28 mushers enter 2019 Iditarod, the smallest first-day signup this century
First-day signups were by far the lowest in more than a decade. Three-time champion Mitch Seavey is among those who held off signing up, as is his son, four-time champion Dallas.
Jack Daniel’s maker cuts ties with Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
The maker of Jack Daniel's whiskey says it's dropping its long-running sponsorship of the 1,000-mile race across Alaska.
Review board upholds Yukon Quest ban of two-time champ from 2019 race
A necropsy on one of Hugh Neff's dogs revealed just how sick the animal was when it died during this year's race.
The Iditarod just made some big changes to the rules. Among them: A musher may be out of the race if a dog dies.
The changes, less than a month before the start of sign-ups for next year’s race, also include reducing the maximum number of dogs mushers can start the race with from 16 to 14.
Banned from Yukon Quest over dog care concerns, Hugh Neff says he is being unfairly targeted
Neff has refused to be interviewed but broke his silence with a video statement Thursday.