Mar. 3—FAIRBANKS — Brought together by friendship, fandom, curiosity and happenstance, thousands of people descended into an area surrounding Pike's Waterfront Lodge on Monday in Fairbanks to take in ...

Iditarod musher Pete Kaiser arrives at the Unalakleet checkpoint on March 13, 2022. This year, mushers will race out of Fairbanks and rejoin the traditional route in Unalakleet. (Jeff Chen/Alaska ...

Thirty-three sled dog teams raced out of Fairbanks Monday onto the longest Iditarod trail in history. The last-minute plan to change the route went off without a hitch despite significant changes to ...

Mar. 3—FAIRBANKS — An Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race that is both historic and a major departure from the norm launched onto the Chena River on Monday morning, sending 33 teams to Nome for the 53rd ...

Start of the 2015 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Fairbanks, Alaska. Photo by Kasey Gillam/Explore Fairbanks. In addition to outdoor fun, there are plenty of museums, art galleries and creative ...

The 2025 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has moved its Official Restart to Fairbanks, the Iditarod Trail Committee announced Monday. This will be the fourth time Fairbanks has hosted the Iditarod, all ...

The 2025 Iditarod race, which normally begins in Anchorage, Alaska, will begin at an alternate location this year due to a lack of snow. The main reason for the relocation to Fairbanks is the lack of ...

The first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race to restart in Fairbanks since 2017, which will also be the longest Iditarod ever (well over 1,100 miles), began with crowds lining Hoselton Road, temperatures ...

The 53rd Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race kicks off this weekend, with a number of major adjustments for mushers and spectators alike. Low snow across Southcentral Alaska this winter was looming over the ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A large bull moose spent more than an hour stomping on the sled dog team of a rookie Iditarod musher in the wilds of Alaska last week — and the attack didn't end even after ...

WILLOW, Alaska — The race to Nome began Sunday for 33 mushers in this year's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska. Jessie Holmes. an Alabama native living in the Alaska community of Brushkana, was ...