Alaskan Huskies are not Siberian Huskies. In fact, they aren’t technically a breed, per se, but more of a dog type, according to ASPCA Pet Health Insurance. Some of the official breeds believed to ...

Alaska’s Mat-Su Valley is a major dog-mushing hub, even in the snow-free offseason. Several Iditarod mushers live and train their teams in the Mat-Su town of Willow, which experiences near ...

The Iditarod, the annual sled dog race celebrating Alaska's official state sport, is set to get underway Saturday with a new focus on safety after five dogs died and eight were injured in collisions ...

Four barking dogs pulled musher Ryan Redington on a four-wheeler across a frozen lake in Knik, about an hour north of Anchorage. Normally, he said, he’d be training on a sled, but it’s been months ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Iditarod, the annual sled dog race celebrating Alaska’s official state sport, got underway Saturday with a new focus on safety after five dogs died and eight were injured ...