Habitat protection is the main focus for a new Mat-Su Borough Healthy Watershed Initiative aiming to educate residents about riparian habitat protection, the trees and shrubs along waterways. Borough Long-range … Public Outreach a Focus for Borough’s Healthy Watershed Initiative Program

This year’s Mat-Su Borough Capital Improvement Program, or CIP, includes a dock, bike lane, ski lift, and toilets. Flushing toilets installed before last year’s tourist season in the Talkeetna Village … More Accessible Toilets in Talkeetna Funded in CIP

Mat-Su Borough residents overwhelmingly voted against an area-wide fuel tax in November’s election, with about 4,000 residents in favor and about 9,000 residents against it. That’s according to Borough Clerk … Assembly Fails Fuel Tax

For the past several years, erosion has destroyed the dike and revetment protecting the Talkeetna river bank at the end of Main Street. A study completed by the Army Corps … Borough Requests Support for Talkeetna Erosion

The Mat-Su Borough Planning Commission ultimately proposed discussing the definition of personal use watercraft in the lake management plan language at a later time when those management plans could be … Holistic Discussion About Personal Watercraft Proposed

Christmas tree cutting is now allowed on Mat-Su Borough and State land for personal use.  Mat-Su Borough Natural Resource Manager Emerson Krueger says to cut a tree at the Borough’s … Christmas Tree Cutting on State and Borough Land Opens

Earlier this year, the Mat-Su Borough Assembly floated the idea of paying for certain debt services through a proposed seven-cent gas tax and put it on the ballot. Borough residents … Borough Interest on Debt Service to Cost 67 Million Over 20 Years

This year’s Mat-Su Borough brochure ahead of the November elections included a statement about Charlie Kirk and other victims of political violence. It spurred a discussion about whether the brochure … Assembly Fails Ordinance Restricting Control Over Election Brochures

Lot sizes have become a topic at both the Planning Commission and Mat-Su Borough Assembly over the last few months. At this week’s Assembly meeting, members failed legislation that would … No Large Lot Designation in the Borough