Local mushers compete in the 2025 Akiak Dash. This story was produced by KYUK and Northern Journal. Charlie Chingliak is a budding high school basketball player in the Western Alaska Native village of ...

Matt Hodgson, from Heathfield, is a six-time world champion, with four titles on dry land and two on the snow, beating ...

LUCE COUNTY, Mich. (WLUC) - Just before 9 a.m. Saturday morning, the Tahquamenon Country Sled Dog Race begins with the Junior ...

Each February, mushers head to the Upper Peninsula to take on the UP200, a nearly 240-mile dog sled race that takes teams from Marquette to Grand Marais and back. The challenging, isolated course ...

ALTA, Wyo. – I'm not sure who's having more fun, musher Michael Tarver or his sled dogs as we charge on through the white wonderland. Everything is white. Massive trees rise in the background and the ...

Located deep in the woods of Ely, lies a special kind of dog kennel, one made specifically for sled dogs. “We have around 90 dogs here. They are age ranges in the mid to upper ages. This is an old ...

Mike Bestgen has been racing sled dogs for over 25 years and, at age 66, he isn’t planning on stopping anytime soon. The St. Cloud native got his start in the sport helping his friend, Dave, during ...

BOISE, Idaho — The seventh annual Idaho Sled Dog Challenge is going to see some changes in 2025 after a tumultuous wildfire season in Valley County. Most notably, what used to be a 300-mile race was ...

Iditarod and Yukon Quest champion dog musher Brent Sass announced Wednesday that he is stepping away from racing sled dogs. In February, the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race disqualified Sass, its 2022 ...

A musher drives a team of sled dogs, usually across snow and ice. But growing numbers of racers are showing the sport can thrive even if it's not winter. For the first time, the World Championship for ...