What was remarkable to birders during this year’s Talkeetna-Trapper Creek Birdathon was the contrast between the summer-like temperatures around seventy degrees, and lack of birdsong variety, even though the … 2014 Talkeetna-Trapper Creek Birdathon results

Willow Budget Meeting Raw The player above contains the entire recording of the special meeting of the Borough Assembly in Willow on Friday, May 1st to discuss the borough budget.

The first two chapters of The Heritage of Talkeetna, by local author and historian Roberta Sheldon, are read by Ellen Wolf. Audio is 12 minutes 15 seconds. Ellen Wolf-The Heritage … Susitna Writer’s Voice–The Heritage of Talkeetna, by Roberta Sheldon, read by Ellen Wolf

20140505BoroughBudget On Friday, the Mat-Su Borough Assembly held a special meeting at the Willow Community Center to discuss the budget for the upcoming fiscal year.  More than thirty area residents … Mat-Su Borough Assembly meets in Willow to discuss budget

On Monday, Denali National Park and Preserve announced opening dates for the 2014 season. The Denali Park Road will be open for private vehicles up to the Teklanika River Rest … Most Denali National Park facilites to open mid-May

If you’re wondering what that haze in the sky is that has been showing up recently, you’re not the only one.  Theories abound, and nobody, not even meteorologists in Anchorage, … Haze obscures views from Anchorage to Denali

Just after midnight on Wednesday, the Alaska State Troopers responded to a report of a disturbance on East Dowd Circle in Talkeetna.  The report says that troopers were advised that … Fairbanks man arrested in Talkeetna for assault, DUI

As the school year winds down, Talkeetna Elementary School is preparing to bid two long-time teachers farewell.  Karen Mannix has been with the school district for about twenty-five years and … Talkeetna Elementary will receive funding to fill positions of retiring teachers

20140430BaseCamp For a few months each year, one of the busiest “airports” in Alaska isn’t technically an airport at all.  It’s Denali base camp on the Kahiltna Glacier.  The vast … Denali base camp to be set up Thursday