Jessie Holmes was the first musher to depart from the White Mountain checkpoint Thursday, leaving at 4:54 p.m., and was on ...

The leading teams of the Iditarod are approaching the finish line in Nome. Jessie Homes leads the way, having departed White ...

Holmes had a three-hour lead over his closest competitor, Matt Hall, who said he had stopped trying to catch up.

Hundreds of dogs, 33 mushers, and thousands of onlookers gathered along the trail of the 53rd Iditarod this year.Nenana ...

Mansfield native and Iditarod Trail Sled Dog racer Matthew Failor crossed frozen sea ice Thursday night to reach the Koyuk ...

Former reality TV star Jessie Holmes won the 53rd Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Friday, March 14, ending a run that was as ...

The 53rd Iditarod belongs to Jessie Holmes.The Nenana musher — who made his way to Alaska after growing up in Alabama — ...

NOME — Jessie Holmes, a 43-year-old Alabamian who came to Alaska more than 20 years ago, has earned his first win in the ...

Jessie Holmes was the first to reach White Mountain in the Iditarod, winning the Northrim Bank Achieve More Award and a ...

The Interior Alaska musher won his first Iditarod on his eighth try, arriving in Nome with his dog team early Friday.

"The Last Great Race on Earth" takes place in Alaska each March, as mushers and teams of 12-14 dogs race through the ...

Jessie Holmes arrived first to the White Mountain checkpoint at 8:39 a.m. Thursday, just as color was starting to creep into the sky over the frozen Fish River. The position puts the Nenana musher on ...