UPDATE: The Alaska Division of Forestry has rescinded an emergency burn closure issued two weeks ago on state, private and municipal lands in the Kenai Peninsula and Matanuska-Susitna boroughs, effective … Fire Update for Tuesday September 3rd

8/23 9:30 am: The Mat Su Borough will be partnering with other local agencies to deliver destroyed structure notifications to residents affected by the McKinley Fire on Friday morning at … McKinley Wildfire at Mile 91.5 Parks Highway

8/23 10:10 am: As of Thursday evening, the Deshka Landing Fire is not significantly expanding. The estimated size of the fire has been reduced to 1,543 acres, a decrease of … Wildfire near Deshka Landing

Update 7:45: The fire is out. One structure has been lost. Update 4:45 p.m.: We are hearing reports that the portion of the Mercedes fire that spread into the trees … Structure Fire on Mercedes Drive Saturday afternoon

The Incident Management Team for the Montana Creek and Malaspina Fires report that they made significant progress on both fires on Wednesday.  The Montana Creek fire is 40% contained, and … Significant progress on Montana Creek and Malaspina Fires

KTNA was out around the community last week, talking to residents about what they like about living here and what’s unique about Alaska.  Here are responses from people at Conscious … Residents talk about life in the Susitna Valley

Effective May first, the National Park Service will be increasing entrance fees nationwide. At Denali National Park and Preserve, entrance fees will increase from $10 per person to $15 per … Entrance Fees at Denali to Increase May 1st

On Saturday afternoon, KTNA will be airing the Su Valley Rams girls and boys games at the Crowley Classic. Phillip Manning and Evan Terstegge will be calling the plays. Tune … Su Valley Rams games at the Crowley Classic

In this final 2018 edition of StarDate Susitna, Kathleen Fleming talks about astro-events this week as well as an exploration of the apparent motion of Venus. One correction: she mentions where … Susitna Writer’s Voice – StarDate Susitna 12-30-18, by Kathleen Fleming