Alaska Public Media

Think sled dog racing is fading? In Alaska’s mushing-crazy Kuskokwim Delta, it’s booming.

Local mushers compete in the 2025 Akiak Dash. This story was produced by KYUK and Northern Journal. Charlie Chingliak is a budding high school basketball player in the Western Alaska Native village of ...
AOL

Alaska sled dog race raises allegations of animal abuse

Ashley Keith used to always dream about joining the world of professional sled dog racing. She got her first sled dog when she was 13 years old and fantasized about one day participating in the ...
Newsday

Mushers begin rugged Iditarod race after lack of snow forces major changes to iconic Alaska event

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, ...
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Dan Seavey, patriarch of Alaska mushing family who raced in the first Iditarod, dies

Dan Seavey, who helped organize the first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and whose son and grandson have each won the famous Alaska race multiple times, has died. He was 87. The Minnesota native, who ...
Reuters

Iditarod sled dog race across Alaska starts with pageant, crowds

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Fifty-two mushers and their dog teams drove through Alaska's largest city in bright sunshine on Saturday to start the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Downtown Anchorage was ...