Editor’s note: Richland Source is posting daily updates on Mansfield native Matthew Failor’s efforts at the 2024 Iditarod Sled Dog Race, which began March 3. Updates post daily at 8 a.m. and may be updated during the day. (UPDATE: Matthew Failor arrived at the Shaktoolik checkpoint Monday at 12:58 p.m. ADT with the 12 remaining […]
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Ready, set mush: Mansfield native has big hopes for 2024 Iditarod race
WILLOW, ALASKA — Matthew Failor has a lot more responsibilities these days than when he mushed in his first Iditarod Sled Dog Race more than a decade ago. — Husband to Liz, whom he married in 2020. — Father to Theo, born just eight months ago. — Business owner of Alaskan Husky Adventures, which provides […]
Mansfield native preps for Iditarod with 2nd-place finish in Alaska’s ‘Kusko 300’
BETHEL, Alaska — No one knows better than Matthew Failor that Pete Kaiser is hard to beat on his home track. But the Mansfield native pushed the eight-time champ to the finish this weekend in the 45th annual Kuskokwim 300 sled-dog that begins and ends in Kaiser’s home town of Bethel. It’s the third straight […]