Seventy-five-year-old Robert Stitt’s youthful energy, clear eyes and hearty laugh might perhaps be chalked up to 55 years of ...

Lake Minchumina — Some 60 years ago, during my first decade of life in the 1960s, virtually all the local trappers, along with a few other people in our tiny community, kept a dog team, not for racing ...

PALMER — A new interactive online map is designed to help trail users avoid encounters between their dogs and traplines set near popular trails around Alaska. The map was developed by the Alaska ...

Lake Minchumina — “Gee, Hundo!” I sang as my team rocketed down the short, steep hill from our house to the river. Without hesitation, my chunky little black lead dog left the beach and shot out onto ...