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 82.0 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 82.0 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 82.0 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 191.0 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 82.0 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 82.0 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 165.0 Elementary cross-country meet attracts hundreds
GENE JANSEN / The Frontiersman / October 10, 2000 MAT-SU - Butte Elementary School fifth-graders Danny Appin and Alexia Stricker both captured wins in the two-mile run at the annual Mat-Su Elementary School Cross-Country meet Friday afternoon. Nearl...
6.3K - Oct. 10, 2000; scored 82.0 Iron Dog 2000 still has room for more teams
The Frontiersman / October 27, 2000 MAT-SU - The 18th annual Tesoro Iron Dog 2001 still has room for 38 drivers in the Pro and Trail Class team races. So far, Polaris has 11 teams signed up for the world's longest snowmachine race, followed by Yamah...
0.9K - Oct. 27, 2000; scored 82.0 Late snow rough on area businesses
KATHLEEN TESSARO / The Frontiersman / December 26, 2000 MAT-SU - While much of the Lower 48 was hit with winter storms recently, Mat-Su has seen comparably little of the white stuff, and that has left some local businesses hurting - especially in Big...
7.0K - Dec. 26, 2000; scored 165.0 Former manager: MEA deregulation is bad idea
JIM PALIN Spectrum Matanuska Electric Association is currently proposing to the members that they vote to deregulate the cooperative from the jurisdiction of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA). As a former general manager of MEA (1981-198...
4.8K - Jan. 26, 2001; scored 130.0 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 261.0 Former MEA employee voices opinion
To the editor: I would like to respond to the attack Jim Hermon threw out at Jim Palin when he questioned Jim's reason for leaving MEA. Jim, I certainly believe ethics and moral conviction would stop that question from coming out. Th...
2.5K - Mar. 30, 2001; scored 82.0 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 82.0 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 82.0 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 191.0 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 165.0 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 82.0 United Way Volunteer Spotlight, campaign team, captains give plenty of community service
MAT-SU -- Every board member at the United Way of Mat-Su is a volunteer and each takes on important leadership roles. The United Way of Mat-Su board of directors includes an executive committee and several working committees such as...
3.5K - Oct. 16, 2001; scored 82.0 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 82.0 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 232.0 Higher sales tax recommended for MUSC
WASILLA -- The steering committee for the proposed Wasilla sports complex wants the city to raise its sales tax by a half penny -- from 2 cents to 2.5 cents on the dollar. Committee members and design engineer Jim ...
5.6K - Nov. 23, 2001; scored 130.0 Youth skaters play holiday tourneys
As most families from around the Valley took time to eat well and relax during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, youth hockey players and their families celebrated the holiday participating in tournaments at rinks all around Anchorage. Five Valley te...
5.5K - Nov. 27, 2001; scored 130.0 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 82.0 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 82.0 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 82.0 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 165.0 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 82.0 Candidates square off
MAT-SU -- About 240 local voters got a chance to hear three candidates hoping for the Republican Party of Alaska's nomination for Lieutenant Governor at the Mat-Su Republican Women's Club Lincoln Day dinner Friday,...
4.8K - Feb. 26, 2002; scored 214.0 Palin, Van Meter win Iron Dog in Fairbanks
Wasilla's Todd Palin added another win to his list of Iron Dog championships when he and teammate Dusty Van Meter crossed the finish line in Fairbanks ahead of the pack Saturday to win the 2002 Iron Dog 2000. The team of Palin and Van Meter ...
0.8K - Feb. 26, 2002; scored 547.0 American Red Cross month under way nationally
The Mat-Su Branch of the American Red Cross is celebrating Red Cross Month in March by recognizing some of the hundreds of people who have helped our community this year through the Red Cross. This year, 104 Mat-Su residents volunteered a total of 3,...
2.2K - Mar. 12, 2002; scored 82.0 Sports complex approved
WASILLA -- Wasilla's sports complex proposal passed 306 to 286 when election workers finished counting ballots last Friday. On election day, the yes votes had a narrow 16-vote lead and 85 questioned, absentee and early ba...
2.5K - Mar. 12, 2002; scored 191.0 Train engine collides with SUV
WASILLA -- A Wasilla man escaped serious injury Monday after an Alaska Railroad train engine hit the Suzuki Sidekick he was driving at the railroad crossing on Knik-Goose Bay Road -- just south of the intersection ...
6.4K - Mar. 15, 2002; scored 275.0 Newcomb receives Denali Award
WASILLA -- Longtime Valley resident Harold Newcomb will receive the Denali Award for lifetime achievement at the Alaskan of the Year banquet Saturday. Newcomb is being honored for civic involvement in the Mat-Su area that goes back ...
4.2K - Mar. 19, 2002; scored 214.0 City seeks landlord, library needs bigger space
WASILLA -- The search for a new space for the Wasilla Pubic Library was formalized with a request for proposal (RFP) issued earlier this month. If RFP's were classified ads this one might have read, 28-year-old city govern...
3.0K - Mar. 26, 2002; scored 82.0 Legislator touts alternative plan
MAT-SU -- Wasilla's Republican representative, Vic Kohring, said while he did vote in favor of the state's $2.2 billion operating budget, which recently passed the House, he believes the budget has some se...
9.1K - Mar. 29, 2002; scored 130.0 Let's play the Four Corners guessing game
Mat-Su Mouth FOUR CORNERS GUESSING GAME -- The intersection of Palmer-Wasilla Highway and Trunk Road is the site of the Valley's newest and greatest guessing game. This is the fun part of unregulated land use. Use your imag...
4.1K - Mar. 29, 2002; scored 130.0 Wasilla council moves on sports complex
WASILLA -- In a meeting that lasted only 30 minutes, the Wasilla City Council this week adjusted the 2002 fiscal year budget and authorized the city to issue bonds to raise $14.7 million to pay for the sports arena project,...
4.6K - Apr. 12, 2002; scored 82.0 Mayors to gather for prayer breakfast
Elected officials understand the importance of having people regularly pray for them. They know that prayer is essential for effective service to the public. President John Adams, before he joined his wife, Abigail, at their new official residence in...
2.7K - Apr. 23, 2002; scored 82.0 One of the BEST reasons for living in Mat-Su: friendly people
When people first set foot in the Mat-Su Valley, they are known to comment not just on the panoramic vistas but also the cast of characters who calls this place home. The mountains are breathtaking, they'll say, and the people are so frien...
4.7K - Apr. 26, 2002; scored 130.0 State cuts spark local debate over youth court
WASILLA -- The State of Alaska Department of Education denied a grant request from Mat-Su Youth Court for $40,000. That rejection was the biggest of a few recent cuts to the program that have sparked discussion locally abou...
7.1K - May. 10, 2002; scored 165.0 City grapples with budget
WASILLA -- Insurance costs are climbing and creating a challenge for the city of Wasilla. The city council has been poring over the 2003 fiscal year budget prepared by the administration of mayor Sarah Palin the past few weeks. Amon...
4.7K - May. 14, 2002; scored 191.0 Wasilla PD's reserve officers get funding
WASILLA -- An amendment passed at the last meeting of Wasilla city council's sessions on the operating budget gives $11,815 to Wasilla Police Department's reserve officer program. Council member Howard O&a...
4.6K - May. 17, 2002; scored 82.0 Palin's final budget passes with ease
The Wasilla City Council unanimously passed Mayor Sarah Palin's operating budget for the 2003 fiscal year without major changes at its May 13 meeting. This year's operating budget describes $12.3 million in transactions, bu...
2.8K - May. 21, 2002; scored 688.0 Senator Stevens to speak in Wasilla
Frontiersman staff Alaska's senior senator Ted Stevens will be the keynote speaker at this year's military appreciation luncheon sponsored by the Greater Wasilla Chamber of Commerce Tuesday. The chamber event will take place at Evan...
1.9K - May. 24, 2002; scored 82.0 Filing deadline nears
MAT-SU -- June 1 marks the last day for candidates to file for one of the many seats up for grabs in the upcoming fall election and, as of Wednesday, one Mat-Su seat lay vacant. According to the state's Division of Election...
5.4K - May. 31, 2002; scored 130.0 Support group moves forward on Garden of Reflection
WASILLA -- A group of Valley families are coming together with the City of Wasilla to build a quiet space for reflection and meditation at the east end of Iditapark. Called "Garden of Reflection" by its planners, this section of Idi...
4.3K - Jun. 18, 2002; scored 130.0 Honor Garden under way
Volunteers from Anchorage-based Nabors Alaska Drilling Inc. came to Wasilla on Tuesday to work on landscaping for the Armed Forces Honor Garden project. About a dozen Nabors employees from the company's engineering department and Anchorage c...
2.9K - Jun. 21, 2002; scored 130.0 Project sports new leader
WASILLA -- The city of Wasilla has hired former Matanuska-Susitna borough manager Don Moore as an in-house project manager for Wasilla's sports arena project. Moore was borough manager for eight years and resigned in Januar...
3.1K - Jun. 25, 2002; scored 214.0 Trail controversy ignited
A group of neighbors with homes east of Lake Lucille attended a Wasilla city council meeting on Monday to speak out against a multi-use trail that would connect Wasilla Lake with Lake Lucille and route snowmachine traffic through their neighborhood. ...
5.7K - Jun. 28, 2002; scored 285.0 Palins dream: Opening up the country
Two years ago, when Wasilla was the apparent winner in the lawsuit the city filed against Gary Lundgren, Mayor Sarah Palin read a part of the ruling at a city council meeting and said the land acquisition would open up the west side of Wasilla. Ther...
2.9K - Jul. 15, 2002; scored 629.0 Mayor shares her opinion of Church Road deal
A Spectrum, by Mayor Sarah Palin The Nature Conservancy (TNC) owned several parcels of land near our airport, which it received from Dow Chemical many years ago. The city negotiated in good faith with TNC for purchase of two parcels and for a right-o...
4.7K - Jul. 19, 2002; scored 130.0 Wasilla told to go ahead: Jacobus tells council to proceed with arena
WASILLA -- Attorney Kenneth Jacobus advised the Wasilla City Council Monday to proceed with plans for developing a sports arena on the land that the city sued to gain title to. The city won title to two tracts of land in a lawsuit f...
3.8K - Jul. 26, 2002; scored 82.0 15 file in city races
When the filing period for the October city elections closed last Friday afternoon, 11 candidates had filed for council seats in Palmer, Wasilla and Houston and four candidates had officially filed in the race to become the next mayor of Wasilla. All...
4.5K - Jul. 30, 2002; scored 165.0 Arena contract takes a 180
WASILLA -- Team Build or design/build what's the difference? Apparently not much, at least not enough to convince Wasilla's elected officials to switch from one building strategy to the other while the city&...
4.3K - Aug. 19, 2002; scored 247.0 Parks and Glenn project kicks off
MAT-SU -- Gov. Tony Knowles and Department of Transportation Commissioner Joe Perkins joined local mayors Tim Anderson of the Mat-Su Borough, Sarah Palin of the city of Wasilla and Jim Cooper of the city of Palmer at a ceremonial gr...
3.9K - Aug. 19, 2002; scored 82.0 City of Wasilla to launch Web site
WASILLA -- The city of Wasilla's Web site will be open to the public soon, and city officials allowed the Frontiersman to preview the site last week. The site has links into various departments such as finance, police, publ...
2.9K - Aug. 20, 2002; scored 130.0 Palin sends right-hand man home
WASILLA -- With seven weeks left before the end of her administration, Wasilla Mayor Sarah Palin sent Deputy Administrator John Cramer home for good. The dismissal came on Aug. 9, just 18 days before Alaska's statewide prim...
4.0K - Aug. 24, 2002; scored 758.0 Politics gets dirty
WASILLA -- Sarah Palin, candidate for lieutenant governor and Wasilla mayor, was discouraged to find that, fewer than 10 days before the election, someone was trying to play the character assassination card. Last week, anonymous let...
8.5K - Aug. 27, 2002; scored 232.0 Wasilla arena contract changes
WASILLA -- The city council approved a plan to change the construction strategy for the $14.7 million sports arena project last week, effectively hiring Anchorage-based architecture firm Kumin Associates Inc. to stay with t...
4.2K - Sep. 13, 2002; scored 214.0 United Way campaign is more than a fundraiser
A Spectrum, by Faye Palin The events of Sept.11, 2001, changed a lot of our perceptions about service, about how to make a contribution to strengthen our community, not just here in Mat-Su but across the nation. Though thousands of miles away, the te...
3.1K - Sep. 17, 2002; scored 130.0 New lawsuit filed over sports arena land
WASILLA -- A new lawsuit has been filed over the real estate deals involving the property the city of Wasilla has planned for its $14.7 million sports arena project. The nonprofit The Nature Conservancy (TNC) -&...
4.4K - Sep. 20, 2002; scored 130.0 Mayoral candidates dodge questions
WASILLA -- When Wasilla Mayor Sarah Palin dismissed deputy administrator John Cramer last month she said that Cramer was let go so the next administration could have a smooth transition when the next mayor takes control after Tuesda...
4.9K - Sep. 30, 2002; scored 247.0 Local city races produce mixed results
Wasilla gets new mayor WASILLA -- Wasilla's mayor-elect Dianne Keller spent much of election day draped in a poncho standing and waving to passers-by at the intersection of Glenwood Avenue and Knik-Goose Bay Road. Later in ...
4.0K - Oct. 5, 2002; scored 261.0 Sande wins Wasilla write-in race
WASILLA -- Robert Sande has won the write-in race for Wasilla's city council seat D. When absentee and questioned ballots were tallied Friday, Sande finished with 70 votes and a 17-vote lead over Pat Hjellen's 53 v...
3.4K - Oct. 7, 2002; scored 82.0 City shouldn't put library expansion on the shelf
Suck it up On the Other Hand, by Scott Christiansen The Wasilla city council's rejection of the library move plan wasn't so much disgraceful as it was predictable. Wasilla's library does have problems. The problems are rela...
2.4K - Oct. 7, 2002; scored 130.0 School assembly aims to end suicide
When LIFE IS WORTH LIVING flashes in huge letters across the screen, Carry the Cure's message is unmistakable. Set to the rhythm of live rock-and-roll and placed on a backdrop of snowboarding clips and high-tech computer images, the suicid...
5.8K - Oct. 23, 2002; scored 82.0 Four file : Wasilla seat up for grabs
WASILLA -- Wasilla has one empty city council seat to fill, and four residents have asked to be considered by the city council for the job. Council seat B was vacated by city mayor Dianne Keller when she was sworn into office earlie...
3.1K - Oct. 26, 2002; scored 82.0 Keller's campaign manager appointed to council
WASILLA -- The Wasilla city council appointed one of mayor Diane Keller's campaign volunteers to fill the council seat Keller vacated when she was elected mayor last month. Diana Straub served as campaign manager for Keller...
3.3K - Nov. 2, 2002; scored 82.0 Campaign workers react
to Murkowski victory By SCOTT CHRISTIANSEN-Frontiersman reporter Mat-Su -- On election night 2002, just 90 minutes after the polls closed, Alaskan voters could watch Lt. Gov. Fran Ulmer tell a TV reporter that her opponent had appar...
3.9K - Nov. 9, 2002; scored 285.0 Former mayor awaits call to serve
WASILLA -- Over the last few weeks, Alaskan voters couldn't help but notice former Wasilla mayor Sarah Palin's visible role in U.S. Sen. Frank Murkowski's successful campaign for governor. She appeared in ...
2.8K - Nov. 9, 2002; scored 296.0 Republicans ride simplicity, momentum to victory
Frontiersman editorial board Big sigh. By Wednesday morning, successful candidates were out on street corners waving Thank you signs, and the less fortunate were at home, probably feeling relieved that at least the ordeal was over. The ordeal, of c...
2.6K - Nov. 9, 2002; scored 82.0 Wasilla!: The list of reasons why people live, work and play in Wasilla is a long one
Snowmachining and competitive dog sled racing, paired with a burgeoning marketplace and a focus on increasing family activities makes Wasilla one of the greatest places to live in the Valley. Wasilla, one of the largest communities in the borough, ha...
3.4K - Dec. 20, 2002; scored 82.0 Decision no surprise to Palin
WASILLA -- Gov. Frank Murkowski, Friday morning, appointed his daughter Lisa Murkowski to serve as the third leg of the state's congressional delegation, an action that came as little surprise to former mayor of Wasilla Sar...
4.4K - Dec. 23, 2002; scored 880.0 The Frontiersman takes a look back at 2002
This first edition of the Frontiersman for 2003 and part of our Sunday edition offer a reflection of Valley life during the past year. We bid farewell to many important Valley people, and welcomed others to our community. The Valley continued to grow...
2.8K - Jan. 3, 2003; scored 82.0 Sports arena, new mayor are milestones for 2002
WASILLA -- The city of Wasilla starts 2003 with former council member Dianne Keller now serving as mayor. Keller campaigned as a self-professed conservative and once in office she kept all the major city department heads from the ad...
4.3K - Jan. 3, 2003; scored 214.0 Palin sprints to strong second in statewide race
WASILLA -- 2002 had one story that could foreshadow a brighter, or at least more influential, future for Valley politicians who may have their eye on statewide issues and campaigns. As the Mat-Su Borough's population grows,...
2.3K - Jan. 3, 2003; scored 736.0 Wasilla mayor: What transistion?
WASILLA -- It's a new mayor and a new budget, but Wasilla residents shouldn't expect much change in their city government. As Dianne Keller enters her first budget process as Wasilla mayor rather than councilwoman,...
4.1K - Jan. 31, 2003; scored 232.0 Keller train rumbles down Palin tracks
Frontiersman Editorial Board In a time when most political campaigns are run on the premise -- and promise -- of change, and when campaign winners spend their early days in office tipping over carts, tearing up the...
2.6K - Jan. 31, 2003; scored 593.0 Palin appointed to Oil and Gas Commission
MAT-SU -- Wasilla's former mayor, Sarah Palin, has just become one of the Valley's newest commuters. Palin, last week, was appointed to one of a select few quasi-judicial state commissions -- the ...
4.5K - Feb. 23, 2003; scored 904.0 Warriors defeat ball control Moose
WASILLA -- Palmer boys' basketball head coach Brandon Blake took a page from the playbook of Palmer football coach Rod Christiansen Saturday. In an attempt to derail the high-speed offense of Jason Marvel's Wasilla...
4.6K - Mar. 11, 2003; scored 130.0 Readers' advisory board celebrates changing of guard
Frontiersman Editorial Board In recent weeks Frontiersman had put out the call for new members for our readers' advisory board. On Tuesday, we held a meeting at Matanuska-Susitna College to welcome the new board members and to bid a fond far...
2.6K - Mar. 14, 2003; scored 82.0 Wasilla plans yellow ribbon ceremony
Frontiersman reporter WASILLA -- In conjunction with Armed Forces Day, the city of Wasilla has scheduled a yellow ribbon ceremony to honor America's armed forces, past and present. On Saturday, May 17, the city will host th...
3.0K - May. 12, 2003; scored 82.0 Palmer Junior, Teeland Middle grab track titles
PALMER -- The Palmer Middle School girls and the Teeland Middle School boys won team titles at the annual middle school varsity championships track meet at Palmer High School on May 23. PJMS tallied 191 to win the girls title handil...
2.9K - Jun. 2, 2003; scored 82.0 Curt Menard Memorial Run results
2nd Annual Curtis C. Menard II - 6/14/2003 5K Memorial Run Wasilla, Alaska Rankings Event 1 Mixed 99 & Under 5000 Meter Run Name, Age, Finals= 1 Luch, Delia-11,20:11.70; 2 Luch, Letitia, 11, 21:08.40; 3 Beach, Natalie, 24:02.50; 4 Powder, Celae...
7.0K - Jun. 23, 2003; scored 191.0 Wasilla loses legal battle
WASILLA -- After four years of legal battles, it appears the city of Wasilla has lost in its efforts to claim nearly 150 acres near South Church Road and will have to pay not only its own attorney fees but a portion of the opponent&...
5.0K - Aug. 22, 2003; scored 82.0 Locals run with the bulls
PALMER -- It's not the Running Of the Bulls, it is the Running With the Bulls, Roy Corral, executive director of the Musk Ox Farm, said to best describe the non-profit organization's newest fundraiser. The Musk O...
2.3K - Aug. 22, 2003; scored 82.0 Leo Kaye makes Valley a better place for veterans
How do you measure a life's worth of community service? How do you quantify one man's willingness to help another out, no matter the situation? How do you put into words what it means to be a person who will stand up for what they b...
10.8K - Nov. 10, 2003; scored 82.0 Warriors skate past Valley rival
WASILLA -- At some points Wednesday the Wasilla Warriors had more traffic in front of the Palmer net than the Valley has at rush hour on the Palmer-Wasilla Highway. A flurry of shots from defenseman Derek Banbury at the point and he...
4.0K - Nov. 21, 2003; scored 82.0 Hawks sweep; Knights, Warriors win two on road
The Houston Hawks earned three victories during their first Greatland Conference road trip of the season last weekend. The Hawks improved to 9-2 overall and 5-0 in conference play with a pair of wins over Delta and a victory over Kenny Lake. Houston ...
3.0K - Dec. 16, 2003; scored 82.0 Term limits ordinance to appear on ballot
WASILLA -- The Wasilla City Council voted Monday to send an ordinance repealing council term limits to the voters in October 2004. Mayor Dianne Keller acted to break a 3-3 tie vote among council members and uphold existing term limi...
4.1K - Dec. 19, 2003; scored 130.0 Wasilla council member resigns
WASILLA -- Colleen Sullivan-Leonard, a distinguished public servant and two-year member of the Wasilla City Council, recently resigned her position on the council in order to work as a committee aide to Valley Representative Carl Ga...
4.9K - Dec. 22, 2003; scored 82.0 2003 a year of change in state politics
He kicked off the year by appointing his daughter to his recently vacated U.S. Senate seat, and Gov. Frank Murkowski hasn't stopped sparking controversy since. In a year fraught with concern about the ever-looming state budget gap, the Mat-S...
5.9K - Jan. 2, 2004; scored 191.0 Palin resigns from commission
ANCHORAGE -- In a letter sent to Gov. Frank Murkowski and Chief of Staff Jim Clark Friday afternoon, Alaska Oil and Gas Commissioner Sarah Palin resigned from her position as commission chair. The resignation, formally accepted by M...
2.7K - Jan. 19, 2004; scored 777.0 Committees streamlined to speed school projects along
MAT-SU -- With a roster full of upcoming school-related construction projects, Mat-Su Borough Assembly members attempted to accelerate at least one part of the process Tuesday, by combining site selection committees. Site selection ...
3.4K - Jan. 26, 2004; scored 82.0 Duty called
WASILLA -- One Wasilla goaltender's tour of duty was short, but memorable. In his first varsity start of his career, senior netminder Josh Duty stopped 17 of 18 shots to lead the Warriors past Palmer 3-1 during the squad's senior ni...
2.8K - Feb. 3, 2004; scored 82.0 Iron Dog starts Monday
The Tesoro Iron Dog Snow Machine Race board of directors recently authorized a $92,000 purse, with the winner earning $27,000. The remainder of the cash will be divided up among the top six finishers. More than 60 teams have entered...
2.1K - Feb. 9, 2004; scored 82.0 Warriors back in state tourney
The last time the Wasilla hockey team advanced to the 4A state tournament, a democrat was the country's commander in chief, Nirvana topped the Billboard Music Charts and flannel was all the rage in fashion. Several years have gone by and just a hair ...
1.3K - Feb. 13, 2004; scored 82.0 Iron Dogs head south
Todd Palin, of Wasilla, and Scott Davis were the first team to leave Nome as competitors began the second half of the Tesoro Iron Dog snowmachine race Thursday morning. The Palin-Davis team left Nome at 7 a.m. to embark on the final 1,009 miles of th...
2.2K - Feb. 20, 2004; scored 165.0 Iron Doggers done
BIG LAKE -- The team of Mark Carr and Dusty VanMeter rolled accross Big Lake and arrived at the Big Lake Lodge just before 11 a.m. Saturday to win the 20th annual Tesoro Iron Dog snowmachine race. The Kenai Peninsula riders complete...
1.5K - Feb. 24, 2004; scored 165.0 | 
