A checker welcoming Thomas Waerner to the Rainy Pass checkpoint on Monday, March 9, 2020, during the 2020 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Rainy Pass is about 150 miles into the 1,000-mile sled dog race.

Iditarod mushers will begin and end the 2021 race at Deshka Landing near Willow Lake, race officials announced Tuesday. The change is part of the COVID-19 mitigation plan for the 49th annual sled dog ...

A little more than a week ago, the Deshka River -- the most popular king salmon stream in Alaska's sprawling Matanuska-Susitna Valley -- closed to fishing for fear too few of the big fish would ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Officials with the scaled-back Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday announced another change for the 2021 competition. The world’s most famous sled dog race will start and ...

WASILLA, Alaska, June 13 (UPI) -- Alaska fish and game officials said fishing restrictions may be needed on the Deshka River because of low numbers of king salmon. Biologists said they aren't sure if ...

This afternoon, 47 mushers will set off on an Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race that is unlike any race in its nearly half-century history. With the traditional ceremonial start in downtown Anchorage due ...

In addition to following a new route in 2021, the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race will start and end at a new site: Deshka Landing, organizers announced Tuesday. The 54 mushers signed up for the Iditarod ...