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An Iditarod sled dog was found safe after disappearing from a checkpoint in the race three months ago and covering nearly 150 miles, the Iditarod Trail Committee said Saturday.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Veteran musher Wade Marrs, of Alaska, was the first musher to reach Unalakleet on the Norton Sound Coast on Sunday night. Marrs was the third competitor out of Kaltag. He left at 5:28 a.m. This year's race across nearly 1,000 miles of grueling Alaska wilderness started March 6 in Fairbanks...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Add sleep to the already long list of hazards in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. A video posted on the official race website shows a dog team that arrived at a checkpoint without a musher. As the video scanned the dogs' faces, one man could be heard saying, "Where's Linwood...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A veteran musher has taken the lead in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Four-time champion Jeff King of Denali Park surged out of the checkpoint at the former town of Cripple early Thursday after a four-hour rest...