WOODBURY, Minn. -- When it's 50 below and you've been leading a team of sled dogs through the Arctic, the snack of choice is a stick of butter. Danish explorer Mille Porsild said she expects to eat a ...

KIRKWOOD – Gardnerville native Chris Miller can be found at Kirkwood Mountain Resort most winter days doing what he loves best, working with his 21 Siberian Huskies. Although he insists on calling it ...

The Iditarod, the annual sled dog race celebrating Alaska's official state sport, is set to get underway Saturday with a new focus on safety after five dogs died and eight were injured in collisions ...

Alaska’s Mat-Su Valley is a major dog-mushing hub, even in the snow-free offseason. Several Iditarod mushers live and train their teams in the Mat-Su town of Willow, which experiences near ...

Editor’s note: Due to a digital file corruption an inaccurate version of a story on this page in the Jan. 4 Messenger Index—McCall is Going to the Dogs—was printed. Here is a corrected version with ...

It may have been cold and windy on Sunday at Camp Hale, but that did not stop the Rocky Mountain Sled Dog Club members and affiliates from spending hours outside, having fun and competing in dog ...

Musher Connor McMahon of Carcross, Yukon Territory, Canada, wearing big No. 3, takes an auction winner in his sled 11 miles over the streets of Anchorage, Alaska, during the Saturday, March 2, 2024, ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Iditarod, the annual sled dog race celebrating Alaska’s official state sport, is set to get underway Saturday with a new focus on safety after five dogs died and eight ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Iditarod, the annual sled dog race celebrating Alaska’s official state sport, got underway Saturday with a new focus on safety after five dogs died and eight were injured ...