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A single car rollover occurred at mile 77 on the Parks Highway Monday Morning. The driver, and sole occupant, Zachary Green, age 19, of Willow, was driving home after delivering newspapers and fell asleep while driving. Green was traveling Southbound when his 1983 Jeep pick-up truck crossed the centerline and the Northbound lane of travel before entering the ditch and rolled over. Green was pronounced deceased on scene

by Melis Coady

The Denali Brewing Company recently participated in the Mighty Matanuska Brewfest this past weekend at the state fairgrounds in Palmer, where they took home the People’s Choice award for the third year in a row with their Purple Haze blueberry beer. As KTNA’s Melis Coady tells us, Denali Brewing has more than one thing to celebrate this week.

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The Mat Su Borough Assembly on Tuesday Night passed a resolution creating an advisory committee on Tall Towers. The resolution, sponsored by Mayor DeVilbiss will be made up of members of the Tall Tower industry and citizens of the borough, and will be charged with advising the assembly on regulations governing tall towers. KTNA’s Lorien Nettleton has more:

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The Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s Division of Subsistence will be conducting a survey of how residents are using the land and resources of the Susitna Valley. That survey is scheduled to start in January 2013. To give residents a better idea of what the survey hopes to understand, the research team was in Talkeetna on Friday night to give an informational presentation. KTNA’s Lorien Nettleton has more.

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by Phillip Manning
With winter fast-apporaching, Talkeetna residents are likely to start looking for activities to stay active and healthy during the colder months, especially activities geared toward children.  The Green Light Circus is a youth-centric fitness and recreation program in Talkeetna.  While the summer circus camp and performance is their highest profile event, the circus does not, in fact, leave town once the show is over.
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The Talkeetna Community Council has identified a number of measures they would like the Borough and State to address to diminish the impact of future high water flood events.

Council Member Robert Gerlach is asking the Mat Su Department of Public Works to look in to the conditions that contributed to higher-than normal flood waters during September’s flood event. (more…)

With the end of tourist season, Talkeetna has slowed down to a more leisurely pace. The Tourism Industry across Alaska is settling in to their spreadsheets to have a look at the numbers. To get an idea of how 2012 has treated Talkeetna so far, KTNA’s Lorien Nettleton spoke with Chamber of Commerce President Andi Manning, and has this report.

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The guests on this Su Valley Voice represent the Alaska Mental Health Board and Advisory Board on Alcohol and Drug Abuse. They discuss behavioral health in Alaska with host Lorien Nettleton, and hear from several residents.

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