Ben Townsend

The Rookie of the Year award goes to the fastest first-timer to complete the 1,000-mile race to Nome. This year it's Jesse Terry, one of three Indigenous rookies in this year’s race. He is Anishinaabe and calls Sioux Lookout, Ontario home.

Iditarod teams now head onto frozen sections of Norton Sound, where windstorms have been known to derail a frontrunner’s championship aspirations.

Snow continued to fall Saturday as 37 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race teams mushed through Alaska’s largest city.

Judge DiBenedetto is accused of cancelling, moving or delaying hearings for personal reasons, often with little or no notice.

A combination of severe weather and high seasonal demand has caused disruptions in Nome and other communities.

Alaska Airlines spokesperson Tim Thompson cited “unexpected freighter maintenance and severe weather impacting operations” as causes for the delays.

With its new album, "SHISH," the band is putting Alaska front and center.

“Things are literally shifting from beneath our feet, beneath our waters," said Andrea Burgess, head of Native Peoples Action.

In total, 88 people made the short trip from Shaktoolik to Unalakleet – just over half of the community's residents.

Dozens of residents were rescued after floodwaters in multiple communities swept homes off their foundations.