Foucher, who moved to New Hampshire in 2022, has competed in several other sledding races, including the Can-Am International Sled Dog Race in Maine; the UP200 in Michigan; the John Beargrease Sled ...

The Iditarod, Alaska’s celebrated annual sled dog race, has heightened its safety measures after five dogs lost their lives. Worse still, another eight suffered injuries due to snowmobile collisions ...

Alaska’s Mat-Su Valley is a major dog-mushing hub, even in the snow-free offseason. Several Iditarod mushers live and train their teams in the Mat-Su town of Willow, which experiences near ...

The Iditarod, the annual sled dog race celebrating Alaska's official state sport, is set to get underway Saturday with a new focus on safety after five dogs died and eight were injured in collisions ...

This story was produced by KYUK Public Media and Northern Journal. Charlie Chingliak is a budding high-school basketball player in the Western Alaska Native village of Akiachak, and he looks the part ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mar. 10—The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Sunday recorded its first 2024 dog death. Around 9:46 a.m. Sunday, a 2-year-old dog ...

The Sakha people of Siberia used Yakutian Laika dogs for just about everything including hunting, companionship and of course, sledding. In fact, the Yakutian Laika Club of America says the Sakha were ...

The decision to call off the Can-Am Crown International Sled Dog Race for the first time since its inception three decades ago was a matter of safety, organizers said. By Rebecca Carballo Jonathan ...

Elite Danish forces patrol Greenland by dog sled, mastering lethal Arctic terrain and taking out threats as global tensions ...