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The Alaska State Parks and the Department of Fish and Game are warning anglers and other winter recreationists to stay off thin ice atop lakes in the Matanuska and Susitna valleys.
Funding for top projects tops agenda for meeting
The Valley's borough and state political leaders met this week to try to make sure the Valley's top road, building and other projects get adequate funding in the state budget next year.
Prostitution sting that netted 10 had different goal
Authorities say a recent Internet prostitution sting called the biggest to date in the Mat-Su revealed a previously hidden world of men seeking cybersex.
Talkeetna woman named PE teacher of year
Cramming a half-hour of exercise into two dozen distracted bodies looked almost effortless, but Karen Mannix has been doing it for 20 years at Talkeetna and Trapper Creek Elementary schools.
Swine flu vaccine clinics scheduled in Valley
Three swine flu vaccine shot clinics for Mat-Su Borough school students are scheduled over the next six weeks, and Alaska Public Health officials plan to hold two more clinics for the general public.
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Mat-Su police reports
Mat-Su community datebook (11/4/09)
Events scheduled this week in the valleys
Strong Mat-Su winds knock out power, send roof flying
Gusty winds in Mat-Su knocked out power and sent one large roof crashing onto a pickup Thursday afternoon. Fifteen outages were reported, from the Glenn Highway to Wasilla and along Knik-Goose Bay Road.
Wasilla considers regulating ATVs in city
City leaders are weighing whether they can maintain Wasilla's image of offering trail access from city doorsteps while the town, and traffic through it, continue to grow.
Valley prostitution bust called significant
Ten men were arrested last week in a prostitution sting being called the first of its kind in the Mat-Su.
Wasilla chamber tightens spending
In the wake of a critical audit and other questions about a former executive director's expenses, the Greater Wasilla Chamber of Commerce is tightening controls on spending.
School bonds likely to go to voters again
Some students will have to continue stepping around buckets catching drips in hallways at least for a while, as Mat-Su School Board members weigh when they think voters will approve spending tax money to replace roofs, floors and other major repairs.
Wasilla interim police chief set to start work next week
Wasilla's police department will wait a bit longer for a permanent chief after the agency's former top officer, Angella Long, was abruptly asked to step down last April after 16 years with the city.
Open houses set on Denali park trails plan
The state will hold three open houses to discuss the first trails plan for Denali State Park.
Mat-Su police reports
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Runaway trailer blocks highway
A 40-foot flatbed trailer loaded with crushed cars broke free from a semi truck along the Parks Highway at Mile 96 Sunday night, blocking the southbound lane, Alaska State Troopers said Monday.
The Chugiak-Eagle River Branch Library is closed pending cleanup from flood damage. The library was flooded overnight Wednesday after the solder of a water pipe failed and started leaking. When staff arrived Thursday morning, there were two to three inches of standing water in parts of the library.
Port MacKenzie expansion to increase jobs
The Mat-Su Borough's Port MacKenzie will nearly triple the size of its barge dock next year, thanks to $3 million in federal money received through the federal economic stimulus funding package.
Wasilla considers proposals to make the city much larger
Wasilla could become Alaska's third-largest city under the most sweeping of several annexation proposals before city officials.
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Glacial silt is carried down the Knik Arm along the bank of the Matanuska River near Palmer on Aug. 22.
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Air-quality advisory issued for Palmer as wind kicks up dust
Reflections Lake sports new boardwalk
Palmer is seeking smoother strategy for annexations
Woman arrested in custody dispute after hiding children
MEA taking bids for Eklutna power plant
Crews stabilize Glenn Highway near Sutton
Budget shortfall hampers Valley bus service
Voters say absolutely not to new sales tax
Tenants are leaving Downtown Palmer Plaza
Mayors re-elected, sales taxes rejected in local elections
Mat-Su Borough voters reject sales tax proposal
Family struggles with reasons for man's leap from bridge
Wasilla woman knows which price is right
Bumpy fields, beer basis for softball lawsuit
Owners say Pioneer Lodge will rise from the ashes
Plane makes emergency landing on Knik-Goose Bay Road
Anchorage man dies after plunge from Hurricane Gulch bridge
Mat-Su sales tax is on ballot in election today
Valley voters weigh tax options as ballot decision nears
Ship brings tons of cement to Valley along with roughly $35,000
Voters to decide fate of sales tax -- again
After-school classes keep Burchell’s kids on track
Race for borough mayor position is a low-keyed affair
7 candidates seek election to Borough Assembly
$31.7 million bond also on the ballot
One last chance to meet candidates
College students, volunteers harvest fruits of their labor
Colony math teacher in line for national award
Cement arrives at Port MacKenzie from China
Plans for shooting range rile Butte residents
Long-buried body found; skull was unearthed last month