Mushers are required to take an eight-hour rest at the checkpoint. Holmes took back the lead from Matt Hall Wednesday evening ...

Jessie Holmes arrived first to the White Mountain checkpoint at 8:39 a.m. Thursday, just as color was starting to creep into the sky over the frozen Fish River. The position puts the Nenana musher on ...

The veteran musher has maintained a consistent lead over Matt Hall and Paige Drobny for much of the past week.

A man who grew up in Alabama may soon join the ranks of those who have won Alaska’s most storied sports tradition. Jessie ...

Jessie Holmes, Matt Hall and Paige Drobny have jockeyed for first for much of the race, leapfrogging one another on the trail ...

Jessie Holmes was the first to reach White Mountain in the Iditarod, winning the Northrim Bank Achieve More Award and a ...

Jessie Holmes was holding on to his lead in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Wednesday as the lead pack of competitors reached the Bering Sea coast. Holmes reached Unalakleet, the first checkpoint ...

Jessie Holmes was the first musher to reach Unalakleet, earning the Ryan Air Gold Coast Award. With only a few hundred miles ...

Although Nenana musher Jessie Holmes has held a lead for the past few days, he is likely to be passed while he takes a ...

Hundreds of dogs, 33 mushers, and thousands of onlookers are gathering along the trail of the 53rd Iditarod this year.The ...

Matt Hall and Jessie Holmes led the Iditarod field on Wednesday, making their way past Koyuk and toward Elim, 1,008 miles ...

Editor’s note: This story will be updated as the mushers advance in the 2025 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Check back for ...