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PALMER— 70 students participated in the 2024 Palmer Junior Middle School All School Spelling Bee.
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PALMER— 70 students participated in the 2024 Palmer Junior Middle School All School Spelling Bee.
- Appeals court weighs whether to let stand Biden’s approval of Willow oil project in Alaska
- Republican former legislator’s voter-misconduct trial moved to late July
- Federal regulators approve long-term plan for cleaning site of Alaska mercury mine
- Special Holiday Traffic Enforcement Results
- Op-Ed: The K-12 Fiscal Cliff: Who is Responsible? Everyone!
- Child care costs far outpace wages, but dependent care tax credit stuck at 2001 rate
- State senate passes bill to overhaul state’s public employee and teacher retirement system
WILLOW — The 62nd Annual Willow State Winter Carnival drew a fair number of visitors in spite of the cold weathe…
For over a year, there has been a small but vocal group that has been raising concerns about books that they per…
The Senate’s vote last week to approve Senate Bill 88, the defined benefits pension option for public employees,…
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ACLU sues Mat-Su Borough School District over bathroom restrictions for transgender students
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Winter weather advisories issued for Mat-Su, Anchorage
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Rep. Mary Peltola visits Mat-Su with the latest from nation’s capital
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State senate passes bill to overhaul state’s public employee and teacher retirement system
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Alaska’s Department of Health risks losing federal funding for its food stamp program, warne…
It’s not just cold outside, it is bitterly cold, with temperatures remaining firmly in the n…
Amid the rich aroma of brewing coffee and conversations flowing, Gathering Grounds in Wasill…
WASILLA — The 2024 Mat-Su Project Homeless Connect event was held at the Menard Sports Cente…
Alaska’s Department of Health risks losing federal funding for its food stamp program, warne…
It’s not just cold outside, it is bitterly cold, with temperatures remaining firmly in the n…
Amid the rich aroma of brewing coffee and conversations flowing, Gathering Grounds in Wasill…
WASILLA — The 2024 Mat-Su Project Homeless Connect event was held at the Menard Sports Cente…
Gov. Mike Dunleavy sounded traditional themes in his annual State of the State address to th…
Dust off the snow shovels and plows. After days of relentless bitter cold, the Southcentral …
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Alaska’s U.S. Representative Mary Peltola was in Palmer last Thursday, meeting people and gi…
Alaska got middling grades for its efforts to curb tobacco use in a new national report rele…
The state government has again made headway in reducing the number of Alaskans waiting for f…
Southcentral Alaska is enduring a long cold-snap and the region’s natural gas production and…
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Last week, Governor Mike Dunleavy introduced legislation that requires all law enforcement a…
On Monday, January 22, Governor Mike Dunleavy introduced two lands bills: one which would in…
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With several high-profile wars going on in Ukraine and Gaza, and the recent missile attacks …
As the Alaska Legislature convenes in Juneau, the state population is on the minds of lawmakers.
In 2022, only one state, Arizona, had more chronically absent students than Alaska, where mo…
The 2024 legislative session is off to a lively start. Last Tuesday, the day lawmakers “gave…
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Property appraisals in the Matanuska Valley Borough showed a 5.6 percent increase in values …
The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development (DEED) has created a demonstration …
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Increased inflation, border security, the youth as they relate to mental health, fentanyl, a…
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The Houston Fire Department was dispatched to Zero Lake Road on January 17, around 7:30 p.m.…
PALMER — The 2024 Mat-Su Ski for Women event is set for Sunday, Feb. 11 at the Government Peak Recreation Area.
Wasilla High School's Nolan Kroon used 24 points to help lead the Warriors to a 78-67 win over rival Palmer Tuesday night at Wasilla High School.
I was very pleasantly surprised while reading some news items recently on a conservative news website originating here in Alaska. The newsletter, Must Read Alaska, reported that the Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly passed a resolution at their Jan. 16 regular meeting (No. 24-021) encouragi…
Back in the mid-1970s my dad told me a person could make a better fishing rod than what was available in the stores at that time. Dad had a good friend, Mark Brumbaugh, who had been building and fishing with his own rods pursuing salmon and steelhead for a number of years. Brumbaugh’s rods w…
Grant Baksdale and Branson Starheim used four-point nights to help Wasilla earn a 6-3 win over rival Colony Saturday at the Menard Arena in Wasilla.
King Salmon are the largest salmon in the largest state famous for large salmon. The Yukon River system is the largest river in Alaska. With a king salmon downturn lasting 17 summers now in the Cook Inlet area, and other parts of the state, and even longer on the Yukon River system, Alaska D…
Poll time!
WASILLA — Valley Performing Arts is putting on a unique production, "Felons, Flappers, and Foul Play," an interactive murder/mystery dinner theater experience.
PALMER — Indie rock band Mt. Joy has recently been confirmed to join the Alaska State Fair 2024 concert series.
PALMER — Triumvirate Theatre's local adaptation of "The Music Man" opens at the Glenn Massay Theater Friday, Jan. 26 at 7 p.m.
WASILLA — The 2024 Mat-Su Project Homeless Connect is set for Tuesday, Jan. 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Menard Sports Center.
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WASILLA — Valley Performing Arts is putting on a unique production, "Felons, Flappers, and Foul Play," an interactive murder/mystery dinner theater experience.
It’s the third week of January and we have had three wind events this year. None were long lived like last year—but all delivered a punch.
PALMER — Indie rock band Mt. Joy has recently been confirmed to join the Alaska State Fair 2024 concert series.
Hyperlinks to event details at AKconcerts.com and in our weekly newsletter Or read on below if you just want to know the time & place.
Palmer seems to be a daily destination and home to many winter birds. There are fruit trees and seed pods, native and imported vegetation, unattended garbage cans, wind’s litter and fast food wrappers. All these are delectables and exploitable by our little birds. And in this coldest time of…
I was very pleasantly surprised while reading some news items recently on a conservative news website originating here in Alaska. The newslett…
Back in the mid-1970s my dad told me a person could make a better fishing rod than what was available in the stores at that time. Dad had a go…
King Salmon are the largest salmon in the largest state famous for large salmon. The Yukon River system is the largest river in Alaska. With a…
If you’re like me, you are eagerly awaiting the notification of successful drawing permit hunt applicants for their chosen hunts. This notific…