Rare Iditarod restart in Fairbanks draws crowds for 'NASCAR with dogs'
Brought together by friendship, fandom, curiosity and happenstance, thousands of people descended into an area surrounding Pike's Waterfront Lodge on Monday in Fairbanks to take in the restart of the ...
IDITAROD NOTEBOOK: News from the Trail for 2025
Editor’s note: This story will be updated as the mushers advance in the 2025 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Check back for ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner16h
Fairbanks Iditarod restart brings relatively high temperature and tensions
The first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race to restart in Fairbanks since 2017 began with crowds lining Hoselton Road, ...
'Prepared to be adaptable': Mushers leave Fairbanks to officially launch a historic 53rd Iditarod
An Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race that is both historic and a major departure from the norm launched onto the Chena River on Monday morning, sending 33 teams en route to Nome for the 53rd running of the ...
Alaska Public Media17h
33 mushers leave Fairbanks to take on the longest-ever Iditarod trail
A last-minute plan to change the route went off without a hitch despite significant changes to the original trail.
Mushers begin rugged Iditarod race after lack of snow forces major changes to iconic Alaska event
The Iditarod has begun and promises to be like none before. Mushers began the world’s most famous sled dog race Monday, but ...
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Iditarod mushers dream of snowy trail out of Fairbanks during warm ceremonial start
By Ava White Veteran musher Gabe Dunham ditched her gloves in downtown Anchorage Saturday morning to pet one of her sled dogs ...
The world’s most famous sled dog race is longer than ever. Here’s a look at Iditarod, by the numbers
Thanks to a lack of snow, this year’s edition of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race needed a new route across the Alaska ...
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What to know about the longest, smallest, flattest Iditarod yet as it begins in Anchorage and Fairbanks
With just 33 competitors, this year’s race is tied with 2023 for having the smallest field. But the mushers will travel a ...
53rd annual Iditarod race is underway
The 53rd annual Iditarod Trail sled-dog race is officially underway in Alaska. The race started in Fairbanks this year as opposed to the traditional Willow location. The change of course is due to a ...