Nuggets-The Fairview Inn
On this Nugget, we hear some stories about some of the regulars at the Fairview Inn in the 1980’s, also a visit by a celebrity, and an outline of the
Earth and Beyond: Get Outside and Play!
Trail running enthusiast Dan Harrell recounts the running, swimming and biking of a few hardy locals who signed up for the first Talkeetna Triathlon, after the water in the Talkeetna
Local students participate in World Stack Up
SPEED STACKING— PE teacher Karen Mannix helps Vega Papasadora, left, and McKenzy Keller, right, to stack cups on the Battlestack station during the World Stack Up event held worldwide on
Denali National Park closes Park Road for winter
Denali National Park and Preserve closed the Park Road for the winter at mile 3 on Friday. Last week’s storms have covered the road beyond the Park’s headquarters with significant
Students vaccinated against H1N1 virus
On Friday, students of the Talkeetna Elementary, Trapper Creek Elementary and Su Valley High schools lined up to be vaccinated against the swine flu. The vaccinations were not mandatory but most
Distance learning to come to upper valley schools
The Mat-Su Borough School District was awarded a $270,000 USDA rural development grant to start a distance learning system. The system will hook up rural schools like Talkeetna and Trapper
Rogers sentenced to 309 years in prison
On Friday morning, Christopher Erin Rogers Jr. was sentenced in the Anchorage Superior Court to 309 years in prison with no time suspended. In April, an Anchorage jury found Rogers
In the field
SUNSHINE TRANSIT— When winter moved in last Wednesday in form of a steady and substantial snowfall, the free Sunshine Transit running from downtown Talkeetna via the Sunshine Community Health Center
In the field
WORKING HARD— Homeschooler Cooper Stec, 11 years old, set up shop at Nagley’s for his studies and made it known that he was serious about not wanting to be interrupted.