The front-runners in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race are arriving at the Yukon River, pushing deeper into the long middle stretch of the race just as intense cold is forecast for the region. The ...

Big Lake musher Nicolas Petit digs into the parmesan rosemary fingerling potatoes that came with his ribeye steak with gorgonzola truffle butter and sauteed swiss chard. Petit won a gourmet meal ...

Jennifer LaBar heads off on the 300-mile Yukon Quest. LaBar scratched from the race in Central. (Lex Treinen/KUAC) The Yukon Quest Alaska has revised its 2024 race plan. The organization has decided ...

The Yukon Quest sled dog race is set to make a comeback next year, organizers say, after the iconic race was cancelled this winter. The organization announced Tuesday that two races will take place on ...

Mushers and former board members say the Yukon Quest is cancelled this year, because there is no one left to organize the iconic sled dog race. “Unfortunately the board is not active right now and so ...

Feb. 3—The popularity of long-distance mushing has been waning in recent years, a trend propelled by rising costs and a fading appetite for racing long, unsupported stretches through Alaska wilderness ...

RUBY — Musher Nicolas Petit traded pre-packaged food for a gourmet meal Thursday night, his prize for arriving at this Yukon River town first in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Petit’s decision to ...