WILLOW, Alaska - Mansfield native and current Alaska resident Matthew Failor calls competing with his dogs in sled dog racing "the ultimate freedom." Failor, a 2000 St. Peter's graduate ...

WILLOW, ALASKA — Mansfield native Matt Failor completed the Iditarod in eighth place, achieving a Top 10 finish for the first time in his 12 years on the trail of the 1,000-mile race.

2020 Kuskokwim 300 Champion Pete Kaiser congratulates Matthew Failor on his second-place finish and finish line marriage proposal to Liz Failor on January 19, 2020 in Bethel, Alaska. (Katie Basile ...

“I just gets really spendy,” said veteran Matthew Failor. Yes, sled dog racing is pricey. This year only 33 teams are making the Iditarod work. That number is tied with a record low set in 202 ...

It’s just not among the fine arts, the degree Matt Failor earned at Ohio State in 2007. Instead of studying Picasso or Rembrandt, he monitors canine breeding patterns and structured diets.

Matt Failor, an Iditarod veteran training for this year’s race, lives in Willow but has been traveling north up the road to train. “I think a lot of the neighbors around here are trucking and ...