Murder victim’s mother turned tears to advocacy but still wrestles with dreams of his death
Joshua Beebe, accused of killing 23-year-old Christopher Seaman in 2015, was sentenced in Palmer on what would have been Seaman's 26th birthday.
Colony barn restoration rescues vestiges of vanishing Matanuska farm history
Two hundred northern Midwest families founded the Matanuska Colony in Palmer in 1935. But today, as farms give way to subdivisions, some surviving Colony barns are getting new life.
Mat-Su Assembly postpones action on plastic bag tax
Members wanted to hear more from cities and retailers before making a decision on the 10-cent excise tax.
Some Matanuska River landowners want government help — just not the kind they’re getting
As the Matanuska continues to consume land and the occasional home, many riverfront residents who opted against programs to move or pay extra taxes for help want the government to do something now.
At $19 million for 1.5 miles, Mat-Su road extension puts developer back on map
The new section of Trunk Road connects the closest subdivision to Anchorage with the Parks Highway.
Mat-Su Assembly indefinitely postpones ballot measure on sales tax amid opposition
The 2 percent tax didn't make it to an up or down vote on whether it should go before voters.
Should the Mat-Su Borough tax plastic shopping bags?
Backers of a proposed 10-cent tax say it could reduce pollution and save wildlife. Critics of similar government actions led a successful repeal of a bag ban in Homer.
Several contested election races for Mat-Su Borough coming this October
There are two contested Assembly races. The Wasilla mayor and Palmer city councilors have challengers, too.
Mat-Su Assembly weighs school-supporting sales tax for ballot
Proposals to be considered include a 2 percent tax and a special vote in January instead of October. But first the already unpopular concept has to get to voters.
Mat-Su developers say ‘4-plexes’ on acre lots are good for buyers — but others raise concern about sewage
The detached fourplexes proliferating around the Valley have triggered a local government review following concerns about traffic and groundwater.
Palmer lawmaker announces she has breast cancer
Sen. Shelley Hughes said she will be in Juneau this week to help pass a capital budget.
Fish Creek near Wasilla opens for personal-use dipnetting
Local participants in the only personal-use salmon dipnet fishery in Mat-Su don’t have to drive all the way to the Kenai Peninsula.