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If you have been anywhere near a high school, or a high school senior for that matter, in the past few days, you may have noticed a sense of anxious excitement. Almost a giddy nature to them. That could be partly because it is time for them to don their caps and gowns, figure out how best to…
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly adopted the borough’s budget for Fiscal Year 2025 budget at a May 9 assem…
The Legislature’s adjournment is just days away and many of the most pressing issues of the 2024 are still unres…
During a regularly scheduled assembly, students at Colony High School in Palmer were gathered in the gymnasium f…
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly worked through an agenda of mostly routine business a…
On May 6, 2024, Senator Dan Sullivan and Governor Mike Dunleavy held a press conference to t…
A woman was struck and killed by a freight train Friday night in Wasilla, according to the A…
The administration of Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy asked Friday for the state Supreme Court to …
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly adopted the borough’s budget for Fiscal Year 2025 bud…
The Legislature’s adjournment is just days away and many of the most pressing issues of the …
During a regularly scheduled assembly, students at Colony High School in Palmer were gathere…
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly worked through an agenda of mostly routine business a…
On May 6, 2024, Senator Dan Sullivan and Governor Mike Dunleavy held a press conference to t…
For anyone who has ever picked up a bow, nocked an arrow back, and lined up the sights to ai…
A woman was struck and killed by a freight train Friday night in Wasilla, according to the A…
The administration of Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy asked Friday for the state Supreme Court to …
State legislators have about a week to go before the mandatory end of their 2024 session, an…
Legislators are right on schedule with state budget work as a May 15 mandatory adjournment f…
Fire erupted early Wednesday morning in a duplex in Wasilla, and one person was found dead, …
On May 2, 2024, the Department of Public Safety (DPS) Commissioner James Cockrell released a…
Dozens of firefighters protested outside the Alaska Capitol last week, waving signs and chan…
The Alaska Senate on Wednesday approved a draft $12.25 billion state operating budget and in…
Palmer’s city council is interviewing two city manager candidates to take John Moosey’s plac…
There are about two weeks left in the 2024 legislative session in Juneau and legislators are…
The Alaska Department of Health (DOH) welcomes Dr. Robert Lawrence, who has been named by Co…
While the planned Kroger and Albertsons merger is still in the works, the chains announced o…
The Legislature is moving along like clockwork in its work on the state budget. Last Thursda…
WASILLA — Wasilla Mayor Glenda Ledford issued a mayoral proclamation recognizing the 55th An…
When I wrote last week’s fishing column only a few Mat-Su Valley lakes were ice-free and fishable, with Junction and Lucille Lake the only locations I knew that people had already been out in boats. Even before the weekend, however, additional lakes in the Kepler - Bradley system, including …
This has been an active week compared to the previous six months of winter. With the daytime temperatures up as high as the mid-60’s, with sunshine and light breezes, the snow disappeared quickly. The bare ground around my unfinished storage building revealed all the stuff I didn’t get under…
Alaska Raceway Park is set to kick off the 2024 race season and celebrate its 60th anniversary with the Mother's Day Motherload season opener Saturday, May 11 and Sunday, May 12.
The Houston Hawks scored a 9-4 prep baseball win over Grace Christian Wednesday in Anchorage.
The Palmer Moose swept a pair of soccer matches against Redington Monday.
The Palmer Moose earned a trio of prep softball wins against Valley foes this week.
During a regularly scheduled assembly, students at Colony High School in Palmer were gathered in the gymnasium for the annual “Step Up Step Down” assembly to welcome incoming 8th grade students from Teeland Elementary and say farewell to graduating seniors, and also say goodbye to a few belo…
On May 6, 2024, First Lady Rose Dunleavy congratulated seven Alaskans at the First Lady’s Volunteer Award ceremonial luncheon at the Governor’s Residence in Juneau, Alaska.
PALMER — The Alaska chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention partnered with the Mat-Su College to host the First Annual Out of Darkness Campus Walk suicide awareness event.
Chilly temperatures, cloudy skies, and the threat of rain could not deter the nearly 30 tractors that gathered for the annual “Drive Your Tractor to Work Day" on May 6.
A nonprofit organization dedicated to housing people with special needs is at the forefront of growing demand in the area.
Building strong and healthy communities is a team effort, and one Talkeetna-area nonprofit organization is doing its part to keep the Northern Susitna Valley thriving.
The Palmer street sweepers have been out in full force and now it is the time for Palmer humans to get on board. This is the time for picking up trash. It may not be your personal trash but it is our community. And the great winds in Palmer are nonselective. So regardless of “whose” trash it…
Pussy Willows are bloomed out on the flatlands and have yet to bud on the mountainside. This is part of the dichotomy of Pussy Willows. They sort of symbolize the duplicity of the seasons. Hard and soft; Cold and Warm; Dark and light. The long slender stems of the woody willow are covered wi…
When I wrote last week’s fishing column only a few Mat-Su Valley lakes were ice-free and fishable, with Junction and Lucille Lake the only loc…
This has been an active week compared to the previous six months of winter. With the daytime temperatures up as high as the mid-60’s, with sun…
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