Susitna Valley’s varsity sports teams completed a busy weekend on Saturday. The hockey team traveled to Fairbanks to play Monroe Catholic twice, and the basketball teams traveled to Nikolaevsk for three games apiece.
The hockey team suffered two disappointing losses, 1-4 on Friday night, and 1-5 on Saturday. According to coach… (more…)

Larry DeVilbiss officially became the new mayor for the Mat-Su Borough when he took the oath of office last Friday at the Assembly chambers in Palmer. In a special election held in early January, DeVilbiss managed to receive 3,964 votes. The runner-up candidate Brian Sullivan received 2,616 votes. (more…)

The Don Bowers Memorial sled dog race took place last weekend with eleven mushers from Willow, Talkeetna, Wasilla, Anchorage and even Washington state leaving the start line on Friday.  Willow musher Justin Savidis won the race with 15 dogs in harness in a time of 20 hours and twenty-two minutes. (more…)

KTNA’s Mornng News, Weather, and Announcements for January 31st, hosted by Trisha Costello.  Local Headlines:  KBBI’s Aaron Selbig reports on Alaska Railbelt Cooperative Transmission and Electric Company’s initiative to bring together state utilities to work on large scale energy projects.  (16 min)

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The Mat-Su Borough Assembly in their last meeting approved a resolution to request state funding for the Sunshine Community Health Center’s new clinic in Willow. (more…)

The Su Valley Rams lost their last game on home ice last night to Kenny Lake. The final score was 1 to 4 for Kenny Lake. (more…)

For the better part of January, mountaineering aficionados kept an eye on the progress of Minnesota climber Lonnie Dupre who tried to summit Mount McKinley solo and set out to do so on January 7. But Mother Nature in form of 100 mph winds forced Dupre’s retreat and he decided today  to retreat to basecamp. Diana Haecker spoke with Dupre and has this report.

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KTNA’s Mornng News, Weather, and Announcements for January 27, hosted by Will Peterson.  Local Headlines:  Local Reaction to Military Expansion Plans, DOT reconsiders Parks Project, Ellis wins Su-Valley Sprint Championship.  (16 min)

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The military held an open house on Tuesday night at the Swiss Alaska Inn in Talkeetna to present information about planned expansions of Air Force, Army and Navy training areas. Trisha Costello was there and gathered local reactions to the proposals that would mostly affect the airspace east and north of Talkeetna.

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