ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The rugged Iditarod started Monday, but a dearth of snow forced the iconic dog sled race to start further north and added a new route that allows mushers to bypass barren land, ...
In 1925, a diphtheria outbreak threatened to destroy the small town of Nome, Alaska. Then, 20 mushers put together to get a ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome faced a bleak winter. It was hundreds of miles from anywhere, cut off by the frozen sea and ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Mushers and their dogs in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race face plenty of variables in the Alaska wilderness. An unexpected one this year has been heat that is taking a toll ...
Dane Baker (21), of Royal Oak, Michigan, mushes through downtown during the Ceremonial Start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska., Saturday, March 1, 2025. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome faced a bleak winter. It was hundreds of miles from anywhere, cut off by the frozen sea and unrelenting blizzards, and under siege from a ...