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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Among the most popular sports in Alaska, especially amid the ever-lasting winter months, is dog mushing (also known as sled dog racing). It began as a way to traverse the vast expanses of the state ...

Gunnar Kaasen and his dog Balto, the heroic dog-sled team leader, sit for a portrait in the early 1920s. They were part of a group of mushers and sled dogs that braved frigid conditions to bring ...

Thanks to icy temperatures and snowfall this winter, trail boss Jim Lyman has high hopes for course conditions for the World ...