This year is the 100th anniversary of the dog mushing relay that carried the diphtheria serum to Nome during a raging storm.

To many casual onlookers, the Iditarod is a weird curiosity. The famed sled-dog race, which begins this year on March 1, tasks mushers with trekking roughly 1,000 miles across the snowy Alaskan ...

Three teams hit the trail earlier this month for a reenactment of the 1925 Serum Run to Nome, a legendary effort that is credited with saving the town from diphtheria.

Thirty teams left the Big Lake starting line to begin the 41st running of the Iron Dog and as of Thursday morning, just 18 remain.

Iron Dog teams head back to Big Lake; Rasmuson Artist Award nominations open; UAS hosts a career fair Feb. 25; divers clean Whittier Harbor, keeping Alaska’s waters pristine.

A woman and child helped a man escape from lock-up in a remote Alaska village, officials said.

What’s the hurry? It is freezing with temperatures near zero Fahrenheit and a biting wind. But that’s not what’s causing the ...

Exciting news from the Iron Dog! As of Tuesday, 21 pro-class teams are racing into Nome, the halfway point. Join the ...

Mansfield native Matthew Failor isn't convinced the Iditarod needed to change its path across Alaska this year.

The crash of a Delta Air Lines plane in Toronto is the fourth major aviation disaster in North America in the last month.

A lack of snow along a dangerous stretch of trail has led organizers of the world's most famous sled dog race to move the ...