When John Rasmussen joined the Alaskan Sled Dog & Racing Association, the organization’s clubhouse was spartan — a bare-bones building that generated heat from the crowds that would fill the structure ...

"On that night, we definitely had the feeling that we were watching one of the half dozen most significant victories for animal welfare, literally like in the history of the Western world to that ...

This story was produced by KYUK Public Media and Northern Journal. Charlie Chingliak is a budding high-school basketball player in the Western Alaska Native village of Akiachak, and he looks the part ...

Bethany Hway gazed at Lake Minnetonka through her office window in Excelsior. It was January 2018. She had been following the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon on the internet and caught herself ...

(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) — Ashley Keith used to always dream about joining the world of professional sled dog racing. She got her first sled dog when she was 13 years old and fantasized about one day ...

The Iditarod and the Yukon Quest may be the first races to come to mind when thinking about sled dog racing for many Alaskans, but the sport encompasses so many other distances and types of races as ...

Greyhound racing is illegal in North Dakota. The bill would prevent state-licensed gambling companies from accepting bets on dog races around the world. Senate Bill 2384 is meant to amend the North ...

Lawmakers thought they’d all but banned betting on dog racing in Oregon three years ago. Now they are trying again. In 2022, the late Sen. Peter Courtney (D-Salem) passed a bill that he and his ...

Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he signed legislation repealing state laws and regulation allowing for dog racetracks to operate in Connecticut and has enacted a new law prohibiting dog ...

Talk about greyhound racing to a horseman, and his lip curls in contempt. “Outdoor roulette. The numbers game —for gamblers and rubes,” he sneers, recalling the days when Al Capone and Frank Nitti ran ...

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 ...