The games are meant to celebrate Alaska Native culture through activities, some just for fun, others involving skills that help with survival in the Alaskan bush.
Last month, Emily Robinson cemented her legacy in the youth dog mushing world as the only person to win the Jr. Iditarod four straight years. Now, just a few weeks after making history, she is on another unprecedented journey for a junior musher by taking on much of the famed Iditarod Trail.
The UAF men’s basketball team’s five-game winning streak screeched to a halt Thursday at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference postseason tournament at St. Martin’s University.
As Fairbanks standout Kendall Kramer wraps up her collegiate career, it’s becoming clear that her decision to stay in Alaska elevated both the Nanook skiing and running programs.
Fans from all over the world came face-to-face with their favorite mushers, before a bib draw to determine the starting order of the 53rd running of the race on Thursday.
Nenana’s Emily Robinson became the first musher in Jr. Iditarod history to win the race four times when she reached the Tolsona Lake finish line with nine dogs in harness Sunday morning.
The 2025 Iron Dog Ambassador team — the first group of machines to arrive in Nome ahead of Wednesday’s wrench day — pulled into the town just past 6 p.m. Monday.
A major change is coming to this year’s Iditarod as the Trail Committee announced the race will now begin — for the fourth time in the race’s history — in Fairbanks.
The burled arch of the Iditarod finish line has to be rebuilt because the previous one was claimed by wood rot. Veteran musher Ramey Smyth was tasked with the job.
Jeff Deeter crossed the finish line of the 550-mile race on Thursday at 2:46 p.m. — just under five hours later, Josi Shelley rolled into Tok with 10 dogs still on her team.
Tuesday marked day four of the Yukon Quest Alaska, and the leader remains the same, rookie musher Jeff Deeter of Black Spruce Dog Sledding in Fairbanks.
The Iditarod Trail Committee’s (ITC) Board of Directors announced the 53rd Iditarod’s Honorary Musher is the late Dr. Stuart Nelson who passed away in September 2024.
Performing in front of one of the largest crowds she's seen at UAA, Seawolf Montana Fairbairn treated the crowd to another standout day in the gymnastics home opener
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has won 13 consecutive Governors Cup titles. A 14th looks likely after the Nanooks picked up two wins over rival UAA over the weekend.
The Central checkpoint, Mile 139 along the Yukon Quest Alaska 550, has traditionally served as a celebratory checkpoint for mushers who have braved the historic trail.
Tiahna Guzman and Camryn Williams were among some of the top players in the country invited to play in the inaugural NFL Flag High School Girls Showcase in Orlando, Florida on Feb. 2.
Alongside all-tournament selections Lane Schuerch and and Cohen Booth, future UAF Nanook Finn Gregg helped lead Nome to victory in the Wolverines Classic
One of the oldest sports rivalries in the state will see another chapter this weekend when the University of Alaska Fairbanks and University of Alaska Anchorage face off in both men’s basketball and ice hockey Saturday.
Alaska lawmakers from fishing-dependent communities say they have ideas for ways to rescue the state’s beleaguered seafood industry, with a series of bills likely to follow.
