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WILLOW, Alaska — It’s a bonus episode of the News Man Weekly podcast — an audio primer to prepare to follow Mansfield native Matthew Failor in the 2025 Iditarod Sled Dog Race across Alaska.

Richland Source Deputy Managing Editor Carl Hunnell is joined by Failor on a phone connection from his home in Willow Alaska, as the Mansfield St. Peter’s High School graduate prepares to launch his 14th Iditarod campaign.

The ceremonial race start is March 1 in downtown Anchorage and the official restart is March 3 in Fairbanks, launching a 1,128-mile race to Nome for Failor and his Alaskan Husky Adventures 17th-Dog teams.

Hunnell and Failor talk about a variety of topics, including how a warmer winter with not as much snow as usual has hampered race preparations; what the planning requires for his Alaskan Husky Adventures to have to have two teams in this year’s race; and what a day on the trail with 16 dogs is really like.

Failor also talks about what a St. Peter’s School education meant to his life. The school is sponsoring the Richland Source coverage of Failor’s efforts this year, which will include start-to-finish reporting once the race begins.

most recent coverage of mansfield native matthew failor and the 2025 iditarod

Follow all of Richland Source’s Iditarod coverage here.

Check out other recent News Man Weekly podcasts:

Episode No. 34 — Feb. 18, 2025 — Winter misery, Team USA, Faith Life Church and the Iditarod

Episode No. 33 — Feb. 11, 2025 — Ontario mayor, sled dogs in Alaska and drones in Mansfield

Episode No. 32— Feb. 4, 2025 — Love Our Hero’s, roundabouts do work and local housing

Episode No. 31— Jan. 28, 2025  –Ashland U. prof appears on History Channel TV show

Episode No. 30 — Jan. 21, 2025 — Mansfield police on the hunt for a brutal, cold-case killer, Part 2

Episode No. 29 — Jan. 14, 2025 — Mansfield police on the hunt for a brutal, cold-case killer, Part 1

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