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# Su Valley Voice: Government Check-In and Community Councils
- URL: https://ktna.org/su-valley-voice-government-check-in-and-community-councils-2/
- Published: 2025-07-17T21:32:46.000Z
- Updated: 2025-07-17T21:32:48.000Z
- Description: The third Thursday of the month is our monthly Government Check-in show. In this episode, co-hosts Andrew Gelderman and Phillip Manning spoke with Senator Mike Shower on the upcoming special
- Author: Andrew Gelderman
- Tags: News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 01:28

The third Thursday of the month is our monthly Government Check-in show. In this episode, co-hosts Andrew Gelderman and Phillip Manning spoke with Senator Mike Shower on the upcoming special legislative session. Calling in at the bottom of the hour was Mayor Edna DeVries, and we heard a brief update from both the Talkeetna Community Council and Trapper Creek Community Council.

If you have any questions or comments about this episode or suggestions for future shows, email us at [dj@ktna.org](mailto:dj@ktna.org) or give the station a call at 907-733-1700\. 

Still curious? Here are some handy links to connect you to the topics and organizations related to this episode of Su Valley Voice:   **Government Check-in & Community Councils**

**Mat Su Borough Community Councils**

- [Trapper Creek](https://trappercreekcouncil.org/?ref=ktna.org) – meets the third Thursday of the month, 6:30pm
- [Talkeetna](https://trappercreekcouncil.org/?ref=ktna.org) – 1st Monday of the month, 7pm
- [Chase](https://sites.google.com/site/chasecommunitynews/home?ref=ktna.org) – meets quarterly
- [Susitna](https://www.susitnacc.org/?ref=ktna.org) – 1st Thursday of the month, 7pm
- [Willow](https://www.waco-ak.org/?ref=ktna.org) – 1st Wednesday of month, 7pm

**Alaska Senate District O – Senator Mike Shower** 

907-376-3370

[Senator.Mike.Shower@akleg.gov](mailto:Senator.Mike.Shower@akleg.gov)

**Alaska House District 30 – Representative Kevin McCabe** 

907-376-2679

[Representative.Kevin.McCabe@akleg.gov](mailto:Representative.Kevin.McCabe@akleg.gov)

**Mat-Su Borough Mayor Edna DeVries**

907-861-8682 

[Edna.Devries@matsugov.us](mailto:Edna.Devries@matsugov.us) 

**Mat Su District 7 – Assemblyman Ron Bernier**

907-354-7877

[ron.bernier@matsugov.us](mailto:ron.bernier@matsugov.us) 

**MSBSD – School Board Member Ted Swanson, District 7**

808-282-3803 

**United States Congressional Switchboard**

202-224-3121

**Senator Lisa Murkowski** 

907-373-6532

202-224-6665

[email@murkowski.senate.gov](mailto:email@murkowski.senate.gov)

**Senator Dan Sullivan** 

907-357-9956

202-224-3004

[senator\_sullivan@sullivan.senate.gov](mailto:senator%5Fsullivan@sullivan.senate.gov)

**Representative Nick Begich**

[Email](https://begich.house.gov/contact/email-me?ref=ktna.org)

907-921-6575

202-225-5765