Mary Shields, the first woman to complete the Iditarod, has died at 80, according to family. Fellow musher Rod Perry raced alongside her during her first run in 1974. He told Alaska’s News Source that ...

Even more than 50 years after her historic ride, Mary Shields was still inspiring the next generation of female mushers. Shields, the first woman to finish the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, died ...

City leaders in Anchorage are looking to revitalize the downtown making it a place where locals and tourists want to be. Your ...

The Iditarod’s new Expedition Program will allow longtime backer Kjell Inge Røkke to race with outside support – unlike other ...

Twenty mushers and 150 dogs took turns carrying a 20-pound package of life-saving serum. Here’s how they completed this impossible relay known as the Great Race of Mercy, racing along what became the ...

Following Saturday’s opening day of registration for the 2026 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, 22 mushers are signed up for the race, which begins March 7.

Mushers, and a few of their four-legged athletes, congregated around the Joe Redington Sr. statue at the Iditarod headquarters in Wasilla Saturday to sign up for the 2026 Iditarod. As of Saturday ...