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20131205Railroad This year’s Alaska Railroad print features a bull moose in the foreground, with the Hurricane Train in the background conducting whistle-stop service. It was done in charcoal by artist
On Tuesday, the Talkeetna Community Council Board of Directors held its regular monthly meeting. The biggest item on the agenda was approval of the Revenue Sharing Committee’s recommendations for local
A Talkeetna-based group has drafted comments for a land use permit that could help establish a winter road for the Susitna Watana Hydroelectric project. The permit, if granted, would allow
20131127Clinic The Sunshine Community Health Center Board of Directors held its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday at the Talkeetna Clinic. As has happened since the June meeting, concerned community members
20131126ThanksGivingBlessing “Green beans, apples, peas, corn, stuffing, butter, potatoes, apples, turkeys, and all kind of little homemade cakes and cookies…anything you’d need for a Thanksgiving dinner.” That’s Food Pantry Director
The financial report, published on the Sunshine Clinic Friends blog last week, shows that, through the first quarter, the Clinic is at a budget shortfall of just under $120,000. That
Slick roads caused by freezing rain caused dozens of traffic accidents at the end of last week. On Friday afternoon, one accident temporarily closed the Parks Highway near Mile 47.
Friday’s freezing rain caused traffic problems throughout Southcentral. According to Mat-Su Borough spokeswoman Patty Sullivan, three school buses went off the road, including one that rolled onto its side. Three
15dnrmeetings pkg Since the Legislature gaveled out this spring, state officials have been trying to build support for a controversial land management bill that couldn’t get enough votes in the
