Susan Butcher and her dog team during training for the 1991 Iditarod sled dog race along the Bering Sea Coast. Credit: WorldFoto/Alamy Stock Photo The lodge was dimly lit and warm. It smelled of ...

UNALAKLEET, Alaska (AP) - While two four-time champions were among those fighting for the lead Sunday in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, a fourth champion was making a last stop at her favorite spot ...

Tekla Butcher-Monson’s late mother, Susan Butcher, is a renowned figure for her achievements as a musher. But Butcher-Monson is leading a legacy all her own while making sure her mother’s is part of ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Four-time Iditarod champion Susan Butcher died Saturday in a Seattle hospital of complications from a recent bone marrow transplant, a hospital spokeswoman said. She was 51.