Month: February 2009

Postal rates are increasing on May 11th.   Rates for a regular letter will increase from 42 cents to 44 cents. Postcards rates will increase just one cent.  Flat rate boxes went up … Postal rates to increase

The Denali State Park Special Use District planning team met Wednesday night without finalizing any of the SPUD revisions. Eileen Probasco, planning manager at the Mat Su Borough, says that … Denali State Park SpUD team continues slow progress

The Jessica Stevens Foundation is one of 7 community foundations throughout Alaska to become part of the community asset building initiative.  The Foundation has been so successful at fundraising that … Stevens Foundation to start Mat Su Challenge next month

Recent activity and various contractor trucks outside the old Tanners grocery and coffee cabin on main street in Talkeetna has heads turning and people wondering exactly what is happening.  Download … Twister Creek restaurant bogged down in code compliance

Talkeetna resident Dave Johnston is just one of those to be inducted into the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame tonight in Anchorage. The inductees include Red Boucher, Alaska basketball pioneer; … First winter ascent goes into Hall of Fame

This coming weekend is a big one for Upper Valley youth. A team of high school students is traveling to Anchorage tonight to participate the next 3 days in the … Busy weekend ahead for Su Valley youth

Talkeetna resident Tazlina Mannix took second place in the Sven Johanson 30 K freestyle ski race in Anchorage last Sunday. She finished a photofinish, six-tenths-of-a-second behind teammate Katie Ronsee in … Mannix takes second in the Johannson 30K

The Mat Su Borough recently released the results of its annual phone survey of residents. The survey asked questions about public transportation and Borough news and information. The survey also … Mat Su Borough releases survey results

Comet Lulin has been in astronomy news lately. Lulin was discovered two years ago and named after the observatory in Taiwan that first took photographs of the comet. Now the … Comet Lulin visible in Susitna Valley night sky