For the second year in a row, Jessie Holmes and Paige Drobny are jockeying for the top spot. “That’s my closest neighbor, 26 miles away. It’s hard to root against her,” Holmes said shortly after ...

Higher than normal snowpack and ice thickness, among other factors, have created heightened risks in 2026 for much of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many small Alaska Native communities in the state's interior face growing food insecurity due to the decline in chum salmon in the ...

Josi Shelley had plenty of goals to accomplish during her run in the Yukon Quest Alaska 750. Of course, there was competing in the race, which the Fairbanks musher won by a wide margin. Shelley ...

Jeff Deeter had never competed in any incarnation of the Yukon Quest. And despite more than 20 years of experience, the Fairbanks-based musher had never won a race. All that changed Thursday when ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Riches and paid appearances haven’t followed Jessie Holmes since he won the world’s most famous sled dog race, the Iditarod, last year. He doesn't mind. A carpenter and a ...

Josi Shelley and 10 sled dogs cruised across the finish line at Pike’s Landing in Fairbanks at 8:12 p.m. Monday to claim the crown in the first ever Yukon Quest Alaska 750. The new Quest champion’s ...

The Yukon government is seeking public input on new flood hazard maps for the Upper Liard River area. The mapping is intended to guide emergency planning for the area which includes Liard First Nation ...

Iditarod races hit Ruby The winter, crossroad community of Ruby, Alaska – where the Iditarod Trail meets the frozen Yukon River was a busy place today with Norway’s ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A statue of a crucified Christ in the Yukon River village of Marshall is causing a stir after villagers claimed it started bleeding.

Instead of floating a big-name river in Alaska, we decided to fish and float a more obscure river. It was packed with adventure.