Jason Mackey looks over his team during their 24-hour break at the checkpoint in McGrath on March 8, 2023. (Ben Matheson/Alaska Public Media) Iditarod musher Jason Mackey is carrying the ashes of his ...

Feb. 28—KNIK — A few words rattle around in Jason Mackey's head as he prepares to return to the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The veteran musher has thought about them often since they were spoken to ...

Another wave of heavy rain smacks western Washington this week, coupled with strong winds adding concern for potential power outages. by Associated Press Flood warning lifted for west-central King ...

Musher is trying to become third member of his family to win the 1,100-mile race. Zack Steer drives his dog team into the Nikolai, Alaska checkpoint of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday ...

Jason Mackey got his lead dog Covid from his brother Lance. Mackey hopes the 2-year-old will lead him to Nome. Most mushers did their best to avoid COVID-19 in the lead up to this year’s Iditarod. For ...

NOME, Alaska - Lance Mackey couldn’t shake four-time champion Jeff King and his faster team. So Mackey pulled off a stunt at the Elim checkpoint — 123 miles from the Nome finish line — that proved to ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A musher reached an Iditarod milestone and was feted with prizes made from beaver and moose. The oldest musher in the race has called it quits. And a four-time champion finds ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Lance Mackey, one of mushing’s most colorful and accomplished champions who also suffered from health and drug issues, has died. The four-time Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Rick Mackey, a musher who won the 1983 Iditarod race, died Monday after a 19-month battle with cancer. He was 71. Mackey, of Nenana, was part of an Alaska mushing dynasty that ...

Jamaica and Iditarod are not two things you normally hear together. But Newton Marshall of the Jamaican dogsled team aims to change that. This week, Marshall starts training with three-time Iditarod ...