Gov. Mike Dunleavy signed a Fiscal Year 2021 state budget Tuesday, approving $4.517 billion in Undesignated General Funds after vetoing money for municipal school bond debt reimbursement, community assistance, K-12 education along with funds for construction of a rural school.
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PALMER — A Palmer woman has been indicted by a grand jury after a local youth hockey associa…
WASILLA — Rabbi Mendy Greenberg didn’t expect to meet a holocaust survivor mere miles away from the Mat-Su Jewish Center, but that’s exactly what happened a week before the 2019 Chanukah season.
WILLOW — Thousands of people flocked to Willow Sunday, March 8 for the 2020 Iditarod restart.
WASILLA — Thanks to the support of Mat-Su CHARR and the community, Hatcher Pass Alpine Xperience was able to raise $7,000 during a fundraiser at the Tailgaters bar, Thursday, March 5, fueling their efforts to open the lift at Skeetawk, the Valley’s first alpine ski area.
WASILLA — Around 15,000 people are expected to attend the 2020 Iditarod restart, making the small town of Willow a whole lot bigger over the weekend.
As the COVID-19 virus comes to Alaska, all businesses have had to adjust their operations to provide for the safety of both customers and employees. A non-profit like Alaska WildBird Rehabilitation Center is no different. To allow a safe social distance, we have reduced our staffing to only …
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game, despite the “work from home” mandate most state employees are under, has been busy the past two weeks issuing several news releases and advisory announcements about both wildlife and fisheries items. Let’s look at some of the game division releases first.
Like most other folks, my wife and I have been sheltering in place with very little outdoor activity. I’ve done some puttering around in my “man cave,” with some organizing of my bookshelves and putting away stuff I had previously taken out to look at and inspect. I also did some online reading.
The official start of spring was March 19, and the season in Alaska can be unrecognizable to both new residents and visitors from outside. Budding blooms are replaced with on-again, off-again snow dumps, melting cycles and the dirty, endless-seeming cycle of break up.

