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For the most recent check-in with Sunshine Community Health Center, KTNA’s Phillip Manning spoke with Dr. Natalie Cassell, Sunshine’s pediatrician. One of the topics they discussed is COVID-19 vaccines and
The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, also known as AIDEA, made a presentation to the Mat-Su Borough Assembly this week during the Assembly’s regularly scheduled meeting. The purpose of
Wasilla Police and Alaska State Troopers fatally shot a Wasilla man on Saturday night who they say was holding a woman and three children hostage. Shortly before 9:00 pm on
Over the course of the last week, emergency responders have been called to multiple search and rescue operations involving people on the ice in the Susitna Valley. On Tuesday, Alaska
The Alaska Railroad is planning to run more passenger trains this summer than in 2020, but still fewer than it has in recent pre-pandemic years. The railroad announced the new
Alaska saw its highest daily case counts in late Novemeber and early December. In the last two weeks, state officials say the drop in the number of new cases seems
Herman Floyd Thompson Long time Talkeetna, Alaska, resident Herman Floyd Thompson, 84, passed away on Dec. 7, 2020, while at Mat-Su Regional Hospital. Herman was born in Aberdeen, Wash., on
Last month, the Susitna River Coalition celebrated their fourth annual Wild Su Feast. In the past, the event was characterized as a large gathering, with locally sourced food to taste.
On Friday the Alaska Department of Health and Human Services reported another 78 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the Mat-Su Borough. This brings the total number of new Mat-Su
