Wasillas skate park needs caring
The Frontiersman / November 13, 1998 Consider it a lesson in responsibility. When Wasilla was considering building a skate park for local youngsters, many said it would never work that youths would gather there to make mischief, smoke cigarettes, dr...
 3.6K - Nov. 13, 1998; scored 112.0 Remembering, and honoring, the forgotten:Veteran John Morrissey is a man with a mission
Remembering, and honoring, the forgotten:Veteran John Morrissey is a man with a mission BILL KELDER / The Frontiersman / June 23, 1999 MAT-SU John J. Morrissey is a survivor. He survived the Vietnam War where he was wounded three times while serving...
4.8K - Jun. 23, 1999; scored 112.0 Valley needs its own ag agent
The Frontiersman / October 22, 1999 Since the first colonists arrived here, the Mat-Su area has been the heart of Alaskas farming community the breadbasket of the state, as it were. The 300-plus farms operating here provide two-thirds of the fresh ...
2.9K - Oct. 22, 1999; scored 112.0 Group organizes Christmas meal for the needy or lonely
KATHLEEN TESSARO / The Frontiersman / November 11, 1999 Its not too early to start thinking about Christmas. Thats what a group of people calling themselves the Christmas Friendship Dinner Committee say. Their message is simple; if you give just a li...
5.5K - Nov. 11, 1999; scored 185.0 Wasilla to buy bank building for new police headquarters
RINDI WHITE / The Frontiersman / March 17, 2000 WASILLA - After two public hearings and minimal opposition, the Wasilla City Council agreed Monday to go ahead with plans to spend $1.3 million on a building which previously housed the Alaska ...
5.1K - Mar. 17, 2000; scored 112.0 Group woos Arctic Winter Games
RINDI WHITE / The Frontiersman / March 21, 2000 WASILLA - It will take a lot of work, but in terms of impetus for building recreational facilities and community relations across the borough, as well as sheer dollars unloaded in the business community...
5.1K - Mar. 21, 2000; scored 112.0 Revenue sharing cuts will have minimal impact on Mat-Su cities
RINDI WHITE / The Frontiersman / April 25, 2000 MAT-SU - Municipal revenue sharing will be cut this year by $3.4 million, or almost 11 percent, according to staff at the states Division of Municipal and Regional Assistance. Although the budg...
1.9K - Apr. 25, 2000; scored 167.0 Wasilla's mayor gives birth
WASILLA The population of the city of Wasilla edged up by one on Monday, when Mayor Sarah Palin gave birth to a daughter, Piper Indi Grace Palin, at 11:37 a.m. Wasilla City Hall reported Wednesday that the mayor didnot officially take leave fo...
1.9K - Mar. 23, 2001; scored 234.0 Videotaping public meetings helps keep them public
Mat-Su Mouth SCHOOL BOARD TAPES All school board meetings are videotaped. The tapes are cataloged, filed and available to the public. This celluloid accountability is a helpful thing. It keeps the public record clean. It allows for untainted accura...
5.3K - May. 25, 2001; scored 112.0 Youth tourney set
WASILLA The Wasilla Assembly of God Youth Organization will be hosting a combination three-on-three basketball tournament, barbecue and all-around fun day at Wasilla Wonderland Park Aug. 18. It will be the organization's first annual ...
2.2K - Aug. 14, 2001; scored 112.0 ARRC commuter rail study complete
MAT-SU -- If commuter rail is coming to the Valley, it will take widespread support of Valley residents, as well as financial support from local municipalities, according to a report released Monday by the Alaska Railroad Corp (ARRC...
5.1K - Sep. 14, 2001; scored 185.0 Wasilla city council denounces sales tax
This is the eighth in a continuing series of articles relating to the proposed borough-wide 2-percent sales tax measure, which will be on the October ballot. Look for more information in the Frontiersman's Tuesday editions about the sales ta...
6.8K - Sep. 18, 2001; scored 167.0 Sales tax, conflict ignite Wasilla candidate forum
Allegations of a conflict of interest, and an attack on Wasilla's existing power and tax structure livened up an otherwise sedate meet the candidates forum at the Wasilla Chamber of Commerce Tuesday. The usual platitudes about tight fiscal...
5.0K - Sep. 28, 2001; scored 112.0 Mat-Su physician receives national honor
PALMER -- The American Academy of Family Physicians recently recognized a Palmer physician as its 2002 Family Physician of the Year, at the organization's annual Congress of Delegates in Atlanta. The group, which represents...
5.9K - Oct. 16, 2001; scored 112.0 Congress whacks $600K from dispatch grant
A compromise in Washington, D.C., has shriveled the grant amount earmarked for the city of Wasilla's dispatch center project by $600,000. City officials had requested $1.6 million from the U.S. Department of Justice to buil...
1.9K - Nov. 20, 2001; scored 213.0 Wasilla PD to hire child sex-abuse officer
WASILLA -- The Wasilla Police Department is advertising for a new investigator to specialize in child sexual-abuse cases next month. At its meeting Monday, the Wasilla City Council unanimously accepted a grant of just more than &...
4.8K - Jan. 18, 2002; scored 112.0 What's really going on with the railroad?
A Spectrum, by Roy S. Carlson I woke up one morning to find out that the city of Wasilla was doing a study to put the railroad through my back yard. In a panic, I alerted some of my neighbors. Then I attended the Dec. 6 Knik-Fairview Community Counci...
5.4K - Jan. 22, 2002; scored 112.0 The cows were rockin' in Palmer
Mat-Su Mouth MISTAKEN AND MISUNDERSTOOD MOOSE SIGNS -- A group of anti-moose sign supporters are working hard to stop the moose signs. Their argument is that the silhouette of a normal road sign resembles a phantom moose profile. ...
4.7K - Jan. 22, 2002; scored 112.0 Iron Dog 2000 under way
If hardcore snowmobiling can be defined by riding 2000 miles through the heart of Alaska, then 64 snowmobilers from around the state (and one from Minnesota) fit the hardcore label as they sped off from Big Lake Sunday in teams of two to begin the 19...
2.7K - Feb. 19, 2002; scored 167.0 Sports arena campaign gets rolling
WASILLA -- The campaign for a half-penny sales tax increase in Wasilla to fund the proposed $14.7 million sports arena is underway. Sports complex boosters Dave Tuttle, an insurance agent, and Curt Menard, a dentist and for...
5.4K - Feb. 21, 2002; scored 112.0 | 
