Husky News

Two mushers have dropped out of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race at the Rainy Pass checkpoint. Read the rest of this entry »

Four-time winner Martin Buser is leading the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race from Anchorage to Nome. Read the rest of this entry »

Alaska wildlife officials said Tuesday they were appalled the federal government rejected their plan to kill wolves to protect caribou on a remote Aleutian Island. Read the rest of this entry »

The Nikolai resident I’m sharing a table with here in the school gymnasium suspects Mackey’s just playing head-games with his rivals, for what it’s worth. Read the rest of this entry »

From Kyle Hopkins in Nikolai … Read the rest of this entry »

Rolling up plastic for his dog sled runners? That’s hard. Lifting his left arm above his chest? That hurts. Read the rest of this entry »

A perennial threat to win the Iditarod says half his team is suffering “kennel cough” and eating poorly. Read the rest of this entry »

Defending champion Lance Mackey dropped three dogs minutes after arriving in this chilly village checkpoint — a move he says dampens his chances of winning a historic fifth-straight Iditarod. Read the rest of this entry »

Kasilof musher Paul Gebhardt, who arrived in Nikolai today with three dogs in his sled, scratched from the race early this afternoon. Read the rest of this entry »

Two mushers scratched this morning in Rainy Pass. Read the rest of this entry »

Iditarod race judge John Anderson flagged down a veterinarian Monday afternoon outside the canvas tent where musher after musher arrived on frozen Puntilla Lake throughout the day. Read the rest of this entry »

Iditarod 39 has begun with a great weather forecast for the first leg and a fast, well-groomed trail reported until racers approach the Alaska Range. Read the rest of this entry »

The 2011 Iditarod Sled Dog race is officially underway after Sunday’s restart in Willow, Alaska, which kicked off the 39th running of the “Last Great Race on Earth” at 6 p.m. EST.  Read the rest of this entry »

Yukon Quest champion Dallas Seavey’s idea of a great sled dog is one who loves to race, making supreme athleticism on the toughest trails look easy. Read the rest of this entry »

Iditarod 39 officially left the chute this morning in Anchorage, Alaska. Read the rest of this entry »

Nine of the top 10 finishers in last year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race return this weekend for another shot at the championship. Read the rest of this entry »

Blayne Streeper had it in the bag. At the end of the second day in the three-day competition, the defending champion in the Fur Rendezvous Open World Champion Sled Dog Race held a lead of more than one minute over his nearest rival. Read the rest of this entry »

The Junior Yukon Quest has been cancelled this year because the 130-mile sled dog race did not attract enough mushers. Read the rest of this entry »

Dallas Seavey, a 23-year-old with impeccable mushing blood lines, captured victory Tuesday night in the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race, becoming the youngest winner in race history. Read the rest of this entry »

Gerry Willomitzer won the Yukon Quest 300 on Monday night, crossing the finish line in Pelly Crossing at 9:23 p.m. Yukon time. Read the rest of this entry »