Month: March 2012

On Wednesday afternoon, the Alaska Board of Game unanimously voted down Proposal 213, that would have declared a late-season motorized hunt in the Yanert Valley, east of Denali National Park.

If two’s company and three’s a crowd, Downtown Talkeetna can expect a mob of cheerful cross-country enthusiasts during the Oosik Classic Ski race at high noon on March 17th . … Oosik Registration hits 500

A Bill in the Alaska Senate would convert over seven-hundred and sixty-thousand acres into a Susitna State Forest. Senate Bill 159, sponsored by Linda Menard, would reclassify a collection of … Susitna State Forest Would Boost Access to Timber, Recreation

Borough Mayor Larry DeVilbiss attended the Talkeetna Community Council Board’s March meeting on Monday night. He suggested Talkeetna start the process of becoming incorporated, saying that it was difficult to … Mayor DeVilbiss talks Borough Matters at TKA Community Council

With the Iditarod Sled Dog Race under way, the Talkeetna Library invites residents to step up to the Iditapage Challenge. The library has set a community-wide goal to read 330-thousand … The race is on – can Talkeetna read 120,000 pages in one week?

Senator Mark Begich focused on development of Alaska’s resources for most of his speech to the Alaska Legislature today, focusing on Oil Production in ANWR and on the north slope. … Education can help put Alaskans to work in Northern Resources, Begich says.