Mansfield native and Iditarod musher Matthew Failor was just 71 miles away from the burled arch finish line in Nome.

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JUNEAU, Alaska — Bundled-up well wishers lined a street along the Bering Sea coastline in the early morning darkness Friday, ...

Jessie Holmes, a former reality television star, won the longest-ever Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Friday, celebrating ...

Jessie Holmes, a former reality television star, won the longest-ever Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Friday, celebrating ...

Jessie Holmes, a 43-year-old who came to Alaska from Alabama more than 20 years ago, earned his first victory in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race early Friday. Holmes crossed under the burled arch in ...

Jessie Holmes, who appeared on the long-running Nat Geo series Life Below Zero that follows people living subsistence ...

Federal funding will pay for rapid re-housing and some rental relief, which officials say could get at least 150 people into ...

The new burled arch for the 53rd Iditarod finish went up on Nome's Front Street in the finish position on Monday and was ...

Matt Hall secured second place in the 2025 Iditarod, arriving in Nome to a warm welcome from family and fans. He completed the race in 10 days, 17 hours, and ...