The 2023 Iditarod starts this weekend. Here’s what to know
The 2023 Iditarod kicks off Saturday with a ceremonial start in Anchorage followed by an official race start in Willow.
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Musher’s dog killed when team crossed busy Alaska highway
A dog was killed and another ran off after a pickup collided with a sled team A dog was killed
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Dallas Seavey wins 5th Iditarod
DESHKA LANDING — An unusual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race ended early Monday with a familiar champion. Talkeenta’s Dallas Seavey
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Iditarod says musher who tested positive for COVID-19 likely became infected before race
Iditarod officials are trying to track down two mushers who may have been exposed to COVID-19 when they shared a
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Iditarod musher tests positive for COVID-19, withdrawn from race
The Iditarod has announced its first coronavirus case, in a musher at a major mid-race checkpoint. Gunnar Johnson of Minnesota
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Musher Aliy Zirkle is injured on Iditarod trail, flown to Anchorage for care
Star musher Aliy Zirkle said this year’s Iditarod would be her last. But less than two days in, her race
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Minnesota musher Cindy Gallea drops out of Iditarod, Redington takes lead
Veteran musher Cindy Gallea dropped out of the 2021 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race early Monday, about 80 miles into
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Changed by pandemic, Iditarod 2021 gets underway
It was an Iditarod start like no other, to kick off a race drastically changed for coronavirus times. When mushers
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Alaskan Pete Kaiser wins 2019 Iditarod dog sled race
A new Iditarod champion has been crowned. Bethel musher Pete Kaiser’s team of eight dogs crossed under the Burled Arch
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Yukon Quest champ Brent Sass talks about return to elite dog mushing
He’s sitting out this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race — that starts March 2 in Anchorage, southcentral Alaska —
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Historic buildings crumbling in Anchorage, Alaska face an uncertain future
There’s no placard marking the historical significance of the Government Hill Wireless Station in Anchorage, southern Alaska. The property played
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Iditarod adds four new board members amid criticism
The Iditarod has expanded its governing body. On Monday, the organization announced it had added four new members to its
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Europe’s longest dogsled race lead by four-time Iditarod champion
39 mushers from 10 countries are racing through 1,200 kilometers of snow and cold in Finnmarkløpet, the world’s northernmost dog
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Norwegian Joar Ulsom wins the 46th Iditarod in Alaska
For the first time in seven years, someone with a last name other than Seavey has won the Iditarod. Joar
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Meet the mushers dressing in “full body armor” during the Iditarod race
As the Iditarod route winds up the wooded hillsides of the Happy River Steps, toward the jagged mountains ringing frozen
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