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Wasilla teen cited for texting while driving, no valid license

An 18-year-old with a learner's permit was texting while driving when he veered into oncoming traffic and nearly caused a head-on crash Monday, according to Alaska State Troopers.

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MAT-SU

Plane flips on Willow Lake, no one hurt

A floatplane flipped upside down in Willow Lake Monday afternoon but the details of what happened aren't yet clear, according to the Alaska State Troopers. No injuries were reported.
MAT-SU

Palmer boy on dirt bike struck by truck, injured

A six-year-old Palmer boy was injured Saturday when he rode his dirt bike into a street and was hit by a truck, the Alaska State troopers said in an online dispatch Sunday.
MAT-SU

Wife of prison farm manager had deal as courier for prisoner documents

Corrections department tells Goose Creek warden that the arrangement for courier service was inappropriate.
MAT-SU

28 dogs, puppies taken into protective custody from Big Lake lot

Twenty-eight dogs that were starving and had a serious skin condition were taken into protective custody from a Big Lake dog lot by the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, a spokeswoman said.
MAT-SU

Sutton man found pinned under ATV, being treated for head injuries

A Sutton man was being treated for serious head injuries after he was found pinned under his ATV on the Glenn Highway, troopers said Sunday.
MAT-SU

Wasilla's aesthetic quality key in power line debate

A proposed new high-voltage power line along a busy stretch of the Parks Highway through Wasilla is drawing fierce opposition with some residents, business owners and the city planner arguing it would mar the view and could hurt retailers, restaurants and other businesses.
MAT-SU

Animal control chief recommends sled dog be killed after attack

The Mat-Su animal control chief has recommended a top Iditarod musher's sled dog be killed after the husky attacked and seriously injured a 2-year-old girl in Big Lake. Musher Jake Berkowitz plans to fight the keep the dog, his attorney said Wednesday.
MAT-SU

Head-on collision on Parks Hwy. kills Trapper Creek man

Trapper Creek resident David Roach is dead after a head-on collision between his pickup and a semi pulling two trailers late Monday on the Parks Highway, according to Alaska State Troopers.
MAT-SU

North Pole man dies after bulldozer sinks in Su Valley lake

North Pole resident Donald Kiehl, 72, is dead after the bulldozer he was driving went into an icy alpine lake Friday in the Talkeetna Mountains, according to Alaska State Troopers.
CRIME

Woman caught with meth in car faces child endangerment charge

A Wasilla woman was jailed late Friday for child endangerment when Alaska State Troopers found drugs in her vehicle, which also had two young children riding in it, troopers said.