Iowa native Riley Dyche has just finished his sixth run in the grueling Iditarod race with his mushing dogs — and he's only getting better. Since coming in 25th place in his rookie year, he's been ...

Mar. 7—A dog on the team of rookie musher Daniel Klein died Friday during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race outside Galena, race officials said. Race marshal Warren Palfrey said in a statement that ...

Mar. 8—A dog that collapsed and died Friday during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race turned out to be pregnant, race officials said. Race marshal Warren Palfrey said in a statement Friday that Ventana, ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Iditarod has punished three mushers for taking their dogs inside shelter cabins during fierce storms at the tail end of this year's race. Mushers Mille Porsild of Denmark ...

"It is understood that, in rare circumstances, dog harm or death can occur through no fault of the musher," the Iditarod rule handbook states A sled dog, Charley, died while en route to the Elim ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Iditarod, the annual sled dog race celebrating Alaska’s official state sport, got underway Saturday with a new focus on safety after five dogs died and eight were injured ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The world’s most famous sled dog race is longer this year than ever before. Thanks to a lack of snow, this year’s edition of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race needed a new route ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Ryan Redington on Tuesday won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, bringing his six dogs off the Bering Sea ice to the finish line on Nome’s main street. Redington, 40, is the ...

A dog died while participating in the 2026 Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race. On Tuesday, March 17, a 4-year-old dog named Charley died while en route to the Elim checkpoint. The dog was part of musher ...