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'Hot Spot' hunters target problem Mat-Su moose

A special winter program lets hunters shoot moose in Alaska's rapidly-growing Mat-Su area with the intent of reducing car-moose collisions.

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STATE NEWS

Valley Mover adds two new Wasilla-Anchorage runs

Valley Mover, which provides bus service between the Mat-Su Borough and Anchorage, has added two more runs to its current schedule of 12 trips a day.
WEATHER

Avalanche slows Seward Highway traffic; more delays expected Tuesday

Roads are slick today and water is covering ice on many side streets in Anchorage. An avalanche delayed traffic for roughly two hours today on the Seward Highway, north of Girdwood. More delays are expected Tuesday morning as crews attempt to thwart additional slides.
MAT-SU

Troopers: Man attacked Wasilla hitchhiker with a club

A Wasilla man faces a series of charges after allegedly getting out of a vehicle and attacking a hitchhiker with a club on Sunday, according to Alaska State Troopers. Investigators want to talk with any witnesses, troopers said.
MAT-SU

Windblown dust leads to health alert from Mat-Su Borough

Winds are raising clouds of dust in the Matanuska Valley, causing authorities to issue a health alert. Winds were gusting between 25 and 50 mph Thursday morning and are expected to hit 60 to 80 mph by afternoon.
STATE NEWS

Troopers find possible human remains at railroad car fire

Alaska State Troopers found what might be human remains while sifting through the ashes of a burned old railroad car Friday on Petersville Road in Trapper Creek, troopers said.
MAT-SU

Unexplained fires have Talkeetna residents worried

A series of building fires in Talkeetna over the past two weeks has residents concerned about a possible firebug at work.
MAT-SU

Teen charged in break-ins that damaged Mat-Su church

A 15-year-old boy has been charged in a trio of burglaries that caused $40,000 to a Mat-Su church building, troopers said.
MAT-SU

Motorcyclist dies two weeks after collision with moose

A Wasilla man badly injured when his motorcycle struck a moose two weeks ago died at an Anchorage hospital late Monday, according to Alaska State Troopers.
MAT-SU

Willow man killed in Parks Highway crash

A 19-year-old Willow man died in a one-vehicle rollover at Mile 76.8 of the Parks Highway near Kashwitna Lake Monday morning, Alaska State Troopers report.
MAT-SU

'Felony Flats' on Parks Highway to give way to road widening

Drive north to Mile 49 of the Parks Highway, where the sprawl of Wasilla begins to ebb, and you'll see it: a jumbled collection of dwellings from dressing-room-size shacks with peeling paint to cheerful log-hewn cabins with snowshoes hanging over the door, strung along a bleak lot.