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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
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
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,
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
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
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
A persistent question during the state’s legislative session this year was whether Alaska can afford to move forward on all of the megaprojects currently on its plate. The Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric
by Lisa Phu – KTOO, Juneau A bill requiring school districts to implement sexual abuse education seemed poised to become law during the recent Alaska Legislature. Governor Sean Parnell supported
This week, the road crew in Denali National Park finished plowing the Park Road. Kris Fister, spokeswoman for the Park, says that this is the earliest that plowing on the
