WASILLA — Amvets Post 9 is hosting the 2020 Memorial Day event at the Veterans Wall of Honor in downtown Wasilla to honor military personal who died serving their country.
Friday, May 22, 2020
WASILLA — Each year, Mechanized Cavalry Motorcycle Club of Alaska members make their way from Palmer to Wasilla, hanging wreaths on sign posts all along the Mat-Su Veterans Highway t…
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PALMER — For the first time in 78 years, the state’s largest celebration at the Alaska State Fair will not take place at the fairgrounds in Palmer this fall. Due to the global COVID-…
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Our first winter in Alaska (1977-1978) followed one of the coldest winters in Indiana (1976-1977). The central Indiana temperatures dipped below zero 27 times that winter, my last in…
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
PALMER — On Saturday, dozens of community members and nine Palmer High School girls basketball players worked to create a unique opportunity for good to grow in downtown Palmer.
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
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WASILLA — After much thought, discussion and consideration, the Greater Palmer Chamber of Commerce decided to cancel one of the biggest events around town each year, the Colony Days …
Friday, May 08, 2020
WASILLA — Palmer High School senior Grace Straughn is graduating with a 4.2 GPA and a full tuition and dorm scholarship to University of Notre Dame, garnering a lot of praise from he…
PALMER — Tina Ervin is running out of room. She needs to expand her homegrown nonprofit in order to keep it going.
Monday, May 04, 2020
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PALMER — As 42 local farmers drove their noisy, slow moving tractors along two of Palmer’s busiest streets on Monday morning, Palmer residents welcomed the delay in traffic during th…
Friday, May 01, 2020
WASILLA — Spring has officially sprung and now that all the snow has melted away, the time has come to start cleaning up unsightly piles of trash.
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PALMER — On Friday, Palmer residents welcomed the minor disruption in traffic as over 100 staff members from Sherrod and Swanson Elementary schools drove a motorcade to see as many o…
BIG LAKE — Big Lake Library Director Jo Cassidy is retiring after 32 years of serving her community.
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
PALMER — One of Palmer’s most beloved spring and summer traditions has been postponed due to COVID-19 social distancing measures.
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PALMER — When the Mat-Su Borough School Board voted 5-2 to pass an amendment preventing the use of “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou, “Catch-22” by Joseph Heller, “Th…
Monday, April 27, 2020
WASILLA — Chickaloon musician Rhoda Grace won Rixon Entertainment Group’s national Sing Your Song contest in October of 2019, gaining many opportunities, namely the chance to record …
Friday, April 24, 2020
In his 1976 book, Coming into the Country, John McPhee captured Alaska. I came into Alaska in 1977. I had just finished undergraduate work at Indiana University at Indianapolis. I was 38.