Jenne Smith, partner of champion musher Lance Mackey, dies in ATV accident
Smith was traveling alone Sunday night near Mackey’s kennel in the Fairbanks area.
Iditarod says it’s planning 2021 race with new safety plans
Iditarod CEO Rob Urbach stressed the need to be adaptive, and said the race is prepared to go around every village on the route if needed.
Here’s how the Kusko 300 plans to keep villages safe while putting dog teams on the trail
Mushers won’t stay in the homes of residents, and all participants -- mushers, handlers, vets -- must take two COVID-19 tests.
Pandemic takes Yukon out of the 2021 Yukon Quest sled dog race
Dog teams won’t race on Canada’s side of the 1,000-mile international race trail this winter.
4-time champ Dallas Seavey signs up for his 1st Iditarod since 2017 doping controversy
Seavey is among six Iditarod champions, including 2020 winner Thomas Waerner, who have signed up for next year's race to Nome.
Yukon Quest organizers plan two races in 2021 amid border and financial uncertainty
A shorter-than-normal race will be run in Alaska and the other will stay in the Yukon.
Martin Buser is an Iditarod double-winner, collecting awards for sportsmanship and inspiration
The veteran musher, one of 11 that got stuck in Elim when a sea storm wiped out the trail, offered encouragement and experience on his 37th run to Nome.
Win-lose for Iditarod mushers: Lower entry fees but less prize money for 2021
The discounted entry fees are available to mushers who sign up early.
Iditarod champion Thomas Waerner is finally back home in Norway, 11 weeks after winning the race
The musher and his dogs flew 20 hours in a 64-year-old DC-6 cargo plane that’s headed to a Norway aviation museum.
Good boys: Bark and K2 share Golden Harness Award as top dogs in the 2020 Iditarod
The Iditarod runs in Bark’s blood, according to musher Thomas Waerner, who said his co-lead dog was conceived during the 2014 race in the checkpoint of Ruby.
More than 2 months after Waerner won the Iditarod, he’s still in Alaska waiting to return to Norway
A historic DC-6, parked in Fairbanks and bound for an aviation museum in Norway, will be his ticket home if all goes as planned.
Reimbursement program will provide some Iditarod mushers with $500 for veterinary expenses
The funds will go to the first 50 mushers who sign up for the 2021 race and first 50 who sign up for the 2022 race.
After racing 1,000 miles to Nome, Iditarod musher Jessie Royer faced an even longer trip back to Montana
The Iditarod veteran was initially turned back at the Canada border in late March because of quarantine restrictions.
Disqualified: Lance Mackey tested positive for meth in 2020 Iditarod, says he’ll enter treatment
The Iditarod has vacated his 21st-place finish in this year’s race, and the four-time champion will return his prize money.
Aaron Burmeister honored with Iditarod award inspired by Herbie Nayokpuk
Burmeister grew up running dogs in the Norton Sound region, just like Nayokpuk.
Shaktoolik, Seaveys put Iditarod back in the news
Shaktoolik is honored as the top checkpoint in the 2020 race, and Mitch Seavey says he’ll skip the 2021 race but his son, four-time champ Dallas, is returning after a four-year break.
By moving up 31 places in the standings, Tim Pappas wins Iditarod award for most improved musher
The Big Lake musher placed 20th in this year’s race.
Iditarod TV special airs Friday, and Alaskans can watch on satellite or streaming services
CBS Sports Network, which isn’t part of GCI’s cable package, is airing hour-long specials on four sled dog races, including the 2020 Iditarod.
‘Yukon Fox’ Emmitt Peters Sr., the third Iditarod champion, dies at 79
Emmitt Peters Sr., an Alaska Native who won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race as a rookie in 1975, has died at age 79 in his home village of Ruby.
Zirkle wins Iditarod’s humanitarian award for record 6th time
It’s the third straight year the Two Rivers musher has won the coveted Leonhard Seppala award for exemplary dog care.