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 ...

Once the snow starts falling and Christmas inches closer, nostalgia has a way of creeping in. And when it does, vintage sleds are one of the things that give us those warm, fuzzy, wintery feelings.

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 ...

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

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 — ...