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Beer partners at odds over money matter

WASILLA - Keep a tight grip on that Double Trouble IPA. Great Bear Brewing Co., the only brewery in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, is at the center of a budding courtroom battle between partners over corporate debt.

Move to block road project misses mark

PALMER - A neighborhood organizing against a road and water project around Lucas Way learned Tuesday that size trumps numbers at City Hall. A group of property owners gathered what they believed to be sufficient signatures to halt the road and water project that will mean thousands of dollars in assessments.

Councilman's bid to delay skate park fails

PALMER - A skate park scuffle broke out Tuesday, not the kind between rival skateboarders, but a row between city fathers.

Property tax rate in Valley increases

Taxes for Valley property owners will increase slightly next fiscal year, but state money for local communities helped soften the blow. Property owners will pay about $31 more than they paid this year on every $100,000 of assessed property value, according to a budget passed Tuesday by the Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly.

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US House approves farm bill

The U.S. House passed a $290 billion farm bill Wednesday with a strong veto-proof majority, offering more subsidies for farmers, food stamps for the poor and special projects that lawmakers can bring home to voters this election year.

Partnership seeks natural gas rights

A new player could be on the hunt for natural gas in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.

Home-school parents balk at state plan

Some home-schooling parents may go their own way if the state Education Department moves ahead with a plan to strengthen its control of publicly funded correspondence and home-school programs, according to home-school proponents.

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Late start: Valley planting season begins

Spring came a little later than usual this year at the VanderWeele farm on Outer Springer Loop. That's partly because of that big snowstorm that rolled in a couple of weeks ago. Recent winds haven't helped either.

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Relay for Life a fun way to help battle cancer

I would like to take this opportunity to invite Mat-Su residents to attend the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life of Mat-Su on Friday and Saturday at the Colony High School track.

Mat-Su Relay for Life boasts many fun-filled events

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Mat-Su Relay for Life boasts many fun-filled events

The Mat-Su Relay For Life is a 20-hour event that will run from 6 p.m. Friday until 3 p.m. Saturday at Colony High School.

New trial is ordered after DUI conviction

Renee Ellison, a Valley woman convicted last month of drunken and reckless driving as well as four counts of assault, will get a new trial in July.

Wasilla worries about traffic as retailer grows

Fred Meyer hopes to add another 10,000 square feet to its Wasilla store, but city and state officials want to make sure the retail giant doesn't gum up traffic. The proposed expansion would reduce the number of parking spaces and change some traffic patterns.

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Drunken driver granted new trial after testimony questioned

Renee Ellison, a Valley woman convicted last month of drunken and reckless driving as well as four counts of assault, will get a new trial in July.

Scrutiny sought for Valley Fred Meyer expansion

Fred Meyer hopes to add another 10,000 square feet to its Wasilla store, but city and state officials want to make sure the retail giant doesn't gum up traffic.

Valley potato farm is next to face development

In April, bulldozers began scraping off the coffee-brown "potato dirt," the first harbinger of development coming to the intersection of Palmer-Wasilla Highway and Trunk Road.

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