The Iditarod’s new Expedition Program will allow longtime backer Kjell Inge Røkke to race with outside support – unlike other competitors in the race's 52-year history.

Following Saturday’s opening day of registration for the 2026 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, 22 mushers are signed up for the race, which begins March 7.

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Some Republican senators are voicing concern over the House-passed bill that would rescind $9 billion that Congress already approved, including money for NPR and PBS stations in their states.

Dan Seavey, who as a history teacher in Alaska became fascinated by the Gold Rush-era Iditarod Trail and helped stage the first dogsled race along the 1,000-mile route in 1973 to begin an annual ...

Dan Seavey, musher who helped create Alaska’s epic Iditarod, dies at 87 As a history teacher seeking to revive interest in Alaska’s past, Mr. Seavey was part of the first Iditarod dogsled race ...

Dan Seavey in total ran the Iditarod five times. His last, in 2012, was aimed at celebrating and drawing attention to the trail's history.

Dan Seavey, who helped organize the first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and whose son and grandson have each won the famous Alaska race multiple times, has died.

Dan Seavey, who finished third in the first-ever running of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and sat atop one of Alaska mushing’s dynastic families, died last week at the age of 87. News of ...

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Midland native Keaton Loebrich's main goal in his first Iditarod was to finish the race. Mission accomplished, and then some.