This year's Iditarod route was 120 miles longer than normal as the route had to be changed due to a lack of snow. But Emily ...

Emily Ford was jubilant after completing the Iditarod sled dog race Sunday in Nome. She finished 18th. (Ben Townsend, KNOM Radio Mission) ...

At approximately 4:35 pm Central Time on Sunday, Duluthian Emily Ford completed her first Iditarod. Wearing bib #34, it took ...

Ford, 32, will be written into Iditarod history as the second Black woman to complete it — a distinction she proudly pursued. Musher Becca Moore of Willow, Alaska, blazed the trail in 2015 and 2016.

DULUTH — Just under two weeks into running the famed Alaskan sled dog race, Duluth’s Emily Ford finished 18th in the Iditarod ...

After spending nearly two weeks traversing more than 1,100 miles of the Alaska wilderness, Duluth’s Emily Ford finished her ...

Duluth's Emily Ford pauses for photos with two of her dogs after finishing the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Sunday in Nome, Ala. It was Ford's first attempt at running the legendary ...

Emily Ford prepares to feed her dogs at a checkpoint in Nenana, Alaska, 52 miles into the Iditarod. (Provided by Anna Hennessy) ...

EAGLE ISLAND, Alaska — Duluth resident Emily Ford was running midpack a week into her debut in the famed Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Ford was in 13th place overall out of a field of 33 entries ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Add a historic Iditarod across Alaska to Emily Ford’s résumé of extreme winter feats. Under bright sunshine, the rookie musher from Duluth and her team of 10 Alaskan huskies ...

Iditarod rookie Emily Ford is African-American, an Alaska transplant from Duluth, Minnesota, and a veteran of several challenging mid-distance races. She’s mushing in the Iditarod because “I ...