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With winter’s arrival Southcentral Alaska utilities are taking steps to ensure that a repeat of last winter’s near-failure of natural gas supply for heating and power generation doesn’t happen again.
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With winter’s arrival Southcentral Alaska utilities are taking steps to ensure that a repeat of last winter’s near-failure of natural gas supply for heating and power generation doesn’t happen again.
- A serious question about the US Constitution
- Absentee candidates are out of sight, out of mind
- University of Alaska President selects next vice president and chief academic officer
- Strengthening Alaska’s public safety: Recent growth in the VPSO program
- Wasilla High in search of a head swimming coach
- Sullivan, colleagues demand Veterans Affairs Committee enact greater accountability of VA following budget shortfall
- Sen. Sullivan applauds advancement of five-year extension of Alaska Native Vietnam Veterans Allotment Program
- Growing the safety instruction team
- Ranked choice repeal trails for first time since Alaska ballot counting started
- Colony girls finish second in Lancer Smith Memorial team standings
Palmer’s city council will take up the 2025 city budget at a special meeting set for Wednesday, Nov. 20, at the …
Palmer’s interim city manager, John Diumenti, asked Palmer’s council to cut the drama and focus on business at t…
Layla Hays and Mylee Anderson have grown up together on and off the court. They’ve shared experiences, the excit…
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Wasilla seniors, longtime friends, celebrate chance to play basketball at the college level
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Wasilla teen found dead in ‘suspicious’ death
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Palmer council meeting adjourns over spat on agenda
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Parks Highway in Houston reopened following apprehension of 2 suspects
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Palmer city employees to council: Cut the drama
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House, Senate incumbents face upset in state elections
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Mat-Su police blotter
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MSB preliminary voting results show incumbents retaining seats
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AST investigate inappropriate social media content from local school
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MSBSD, ACLU, plaintiffs reach settlement in challenged book lawsuit
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Alaska’s open primary and ranked choice voting system survived, while Republican U.S. House …
During the first regularly scheduled meeting of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School Distric…
On November 15, students, staff, and local community members gathered at Mat-Su College (MSC…
Alaska State Troopers were notified Friday morning that the body of a female had been found …
Alaska’s open primary and ranked choice voting system survived, while Republican U.S. House …
During the first regularly scheduled meeting of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School Distric…
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With winter’s arrival Southcentral Alaska utilities are taking steps to ensure that a repeat…
On November 15, students, staff, and local community members gathered at Mat-Su College (MSC…
Alaska State Troopers were notified Friday morning that the body of a female had been found …
Over the weekend, Alaska State Troopers (AST) received a report of an electronic social medi…
Recently, members of St. David’s Episcopal Church in Wasilla noticed that a wooden cross had…
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Palmer’s city council will take up the 2025 city budget at a special meeting set for Wednesd…
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Palmer’s interim city manager, John Diumenti, asked Palmer’s council to cut the drama and fo…
Republican U.S. House candidate Nick Begich has almost clinched an electoral victory over De…
Western Construction Co. is wrapping up work to reinforce and do minor repairs on flood prot…
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Palmer’s city council adjourned its meeting Tuesday evening, Nov. 12 a few minutes after it …
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Every November, on the 11th day at the 11th hour, the country takes time to commemorate the …
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The 2024 Veterans Day Tribute drew a sizable crowd at the Glenn Massay Theater Monday, Nov. 11.
Alaska lawmakers expect bipartisan coalitions to control the state House and Senate when the…
Pottery studio Just Add Paint closed its doors on October 20 after serving the Mat-Su Valley…
The FBI Anchorage Field Office is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the individ…
Alaskans this year made a dramatic shift from past years in their voting practices, choosing…
Alaska voters favored a ballot measure backed by labor unions by a margin of 12.46 percentag…
More Alaskans voted to repeal the state’s open primary and ranked choice voting system than …
During the first half of the summer of 2024 more Mat-Su Valley residents likely traveled North to the Copper River Basin to fish for salmon than to any Alaska location. I make this statement, because all fishing for ocean-run king salmon was closed in Mat-Su waters (except for Eklutna Tailra…
Tonya Karpow has had one ultimate goal for her future since she was in middle school. Play college basketball at Simon Fraser University.
I just arrived home from attending the second day of the two-day 17th Annual Mat-Su Salmon Science and Conservation Symposium which was held at the Palmer Depot. This marks the thirteenth or fourteenth of these symposiums I have attended. The symposium is hosted by the Mat-Su Basin Salmon Ha…
The Colony Knights opened Railbelt Conference play with a win over their rival.
The Colony Knights finished as the runner-up in the girls tournament during the Lancer Smith Memorial wrestling tournament at the Menard Arena in Wasilla.
Here Comes Turkey Week—Next week is actually the most notable week for Turkeys, but Palmer is starting the turkey trend early. Just because. Everywhere you look in Palmer, are turkeys. Of course there is Turkey Red, most everyone’s oldest and favorite fine dining place in Palmer. There is th…
The Mat-Su Borough has one of the most robust recovery communities in Alaska, with different levels and treatment options for people in not just the local community, but others throughout the state.
Local radio station Q99.7 (KMBQ) is gearing up for the 12th annual My House Radiothon fundraising event Friday, November 15.
Every November, on the 11th day at the 11th hour, the country takes time to commemorate the sacrifices of the generations of America’s veterans — patriots who have stood on the frontlines of freedom and liberty here at home and around the world. Amid the backdrop of brisk temperatures and sn…
Homelessness has become an increasing problem nationwide, and veterans have not been immune to it. Senior veterans, many of whom have acute needs and require additional care and support, are especially at risk.
As winter sets in once again, homelessness becomes more of an urgent issue. This is especially true for youth, who face greater risks – and dangers – living on the street. Covenant House Alaska, a nonprofit organization in Anchorage that serves Mat-Su residents, too, has been working since …
The final Alaska State Fair parade was held in downtown Palmer Saturday, Aug. 17.
Seims Theater Productions is putting on a local adaption of “The Pirates of Penzance” at the Glenn Massay Theater starting Friday, August 16.
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Community members across the Mat-Su Valley and beyond are coming together to support Alaskan country music performer Ken Peltier and his family after losing their son Luke Peltier who recently died in an automobile accident.
During the first half of the summer of 2024 more Mat-Su Valley residents likely traveled North to the Copper River Basin to fish for salmon th…
I just arrived home from attending the second day of the two-day 17th Annual Mat-Su Salmon Science and Conservation Symposium which was held a…
The 2025-2026 big game drawing permit application period opened November 1 and will run through December 16 at 5 pm Alaska time. Applications …
After only one good cold night in more than a week (18 degrees on Tuesday Morning at our place) my wife and I made a shopping trip into Anchor…