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Unofficial Election Results Released by Election Canvass Board

Election Canvass Board The Election Canvass Board has completed their count of eligible ballots for the Special City Election of February 7, 2012. Please click...

Palmer High presents a Valentine's Day Swing Dance, Dinner and Auction from 6 to...

Palmer High presents a Valentine's Day Swing Dance, Dinner and Auction from 6 to 7:30 p.m., Feb. 10 at Palmer High School in the lower commons. The swing dance is from 8 to...

LINKS Mat-Su Parent Resource Center, 4913 E Mayflower Ln. Suite No. 3, has organ...

LINKS Mat-Su Parent Resource Center, 4913 E Mayflower Ln. Suite No. 3, has organized a dance from 6 to 9 p.m., Feb. 10 at the American Legion. Tickets are $5 or $7 at the door....

Wasilla City Council Regular Meeting Packet

from:City of Wasilla

Interested in City government? Have you ever gone to a meeting and felt unprepared? You never have to experience that when you want to attend a Wasilla City Council...

From my inbox: A guy in Baltimore wants to audition for the new Frontiersman rea...

From my inbox: A guy in Baltimore wants to audition for the new Frontiersman reality TV show. Seems someone is casting for a new series about "people placed in a challenging...

Planning Commission Meeting

from:City of Wasilla

Planning Commission regular meetings are scheduled for the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month; unless otherwise noted on the City Calendar. Get a snap shot of what is before...

Voters have recalled Steve Menard from the Wasilla City Council in the first rec...

Voters have recalled Steve Menard from the Wasilla City Council in the first recall election in city history.

AmericanTowns Heroes: Ariana Hargis is a Real Livesaver

Ariana Hargis is the kind of lifeguard you want on duty when your loved ones are in the pool. She's a quick-thinking, focused professional with eyes in the back of her head. When...

Congratulations to Alaska Job Corps student Megan Dauphinee for winning first-pl...

Congratulations to Alaska Job Corps student Megan Dauphinee for winning first-place in the 2012 National Job Corps Student Oratory Competition in Washington, D.C. this morning!

Special City Election Today - February 7, 2012

from:City of Wasilla

THE FEBRUARY 7, 2012, SPECIAL CITY ELECTION IS TODAY! POLL VOTING LOCATIONS Polling places for the City of Wasilla are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. today, Election Day....

Palmer Little League board meeting at 7 tonight in the MTA building downstairs m...

Palmer Little League board meeting at 7 tonight in the MTA building downstairs meeting room. Valley wide SOFTBALL - girls wanted. Registration open online at...

Gary Howell posted some wrestling news to our page — Tyler Adams and Abe Fox bot...

Gary Howell posted some wrestling news to our page — Tyler Adams and Abe Fox both repeat as state champions. Nate McKimson gets second! Love our tough as nails, never...

What do you think, should reporter Andrew Wellner jump into Wasilla Lake dressed...

What do you think, should reporter Andrew Wellner jump into Wasilla Lake dressed in a gorilla suit for the Polar Plunge?

The Wild Warrior Improvisational Troupe performs at 7, tonight at Wasilla High S...

The Wild Warrior Improvisational Troupe performs at 7, tonight at Wasilla High School. Tickets are $5 at the door.

Meet Dana Stabenow at Fireside Books Alaska in Palmer from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m., Fe...

Meet Dana Stabenow at Fireside Books Alaska in Palmer from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m., Feb. 20. Dana Stabenow's "Restless in the Grave"Monday, February 20 at 3:30pm at...

An early morning avalanche that closed the Seward Highway has postponed the star...

An early morning avalanche that closed the Seward Highway has postponed the start of the North Star Conference hockey tourney until Friday in Soldotna. As of now, first-round...

All Mat-Su Borough School District bus routes are operating as usual this aftern...

All Mat-Su Borough School District bus routes are operating as usual this afternoon. Routes in the Butte that were closed this morning have resumed operation. For more information...

Mat-Su Borough Schools are open, though not all bus routes are operating today....

Mat-Su Borough Schools are open, though not all bus routes are operating today. Details are on the MSBSD site.Matanuska-Susitna Borough School Districtwww.matsuk12.us

The book release party for Valley grown Eowyn's Ivey's novel, "The Snow Child,"...

The book release party for Valley grown Eowyn's Ivey's novel, "The Snow Child," continues at the Colony Inn in Palmer until 8, tonight. Even her fifth-grade...

National Wild Turkey Federation Banquet is at 7 p.m., Feb. 4 at Evangelo's Resta...

National Wild Turkey Federation Banquet is at 7 p.m., Feb. 4 at Evangelo's Restaurant in Wasilla. Doors open at 5 p.m. Tickets are available at Sportsman's Warehouse or...

The world was introduced to George Murphy and Dorothea Taylor when we shared the...

The world was introduced to George Murphy and Dorothea Taylor when we shared their moose attack story 10 days ago. Murphy might have died that day, if not for his 97-pound...

Thanks to Van Wilson who sent us this view of downtown Willow with "Big Mac," as...

Thanks to Van Wilson who sent us this view of downtown Willow with "Big Mac," as he calls Mount McKinley, in the background. Willow Winter Carnival continues next...

City Surplus Auction - Underway

from:City of Wasilla

The City of Wasilla is currently holding its surplus auction that includes the sale of many vehicles, heavy equipment, a snow machine, computers and much more. ...

You might be from the Mat-Su Valley if you know the difference between Knik Rive...

You might be from the Mat-Su Valley if you know the difference between Knik River Road and Knik-Goose Bay Road.

Had a smallish earthquake here. Everybody OK?

To the nice man who called and complained about why we aren't reporting on the a...

To the nice man who called and complained about why we aren't reporting on the activity along the Mexican border, I apologize. But in fairness, it is about 2,000 miles...

You read Eowyn Ivey's work for years on our pages. Now you can read her first no...

You read Eowyn Ivey's work for years on our pages. Now you can read her first novel 'The Snow Child' available at Fireside Books in Palmer. A book signing is...

Two free showings of the movie "Courageous" are planned at 2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.,...

Two free showings of the movie "Courageous" are planned at 2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., Jan. 28 at CrossCountry Church in the former Mat-Su Cinema building.

Are you an extra in the Big Miracle movie or maybe the Butcher Baker story? We'r...

Are you an extra in the Big Miracle movie or maybe the Butcher Baker story? We're looking for Mat-Su people and places featured in TV and movies shot here recently. We want...

City Creates Ethics Task Force

from:City of Wasilla

On January 23, 2012, the Wasilla City Council adopted Ordinance Serial No. 12-02, creating an Ethics Task Force and prescribing its duties. The City Council is seeking five...

Sales Tax Reminder

from:City of Wasilla

City sales tax filings and payments for December 2011 are due to City Hall no later than 5pm on Tuesday, January 31, 2012. If you have any questions or need...

Annual event attempts to quantify homelessness in the Valley -

Annual event attempts to quantify homelessness in the Valley - http://t.co/WTNO4AJs

Colony High School's Drama program will perform William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth N...

Colony High School's Drama program will perform William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night, or What You Will,” at 7 p.m., Feb. 17, 18, 24, and 25 in Colony High...

Frank Rich was sentenced this afternoon to 180 days in jail for 50 counts of ani...

Frank Rich was sentenced this afternoon to 180 days in jail for 50 counts of animal cruelty. The Mat-Su Borough seized more than 168 husky-mix dangerously thin and dehydrated dogs...

You might be an Alaskan if you've ever called a tow truck to get the plow truck...

You might be an Alaskan if you've ever called a tow truck to get the plow truck unstuck from your driveway.

Register now for Mat-Su Borough Animal Care and Regulation's free spay and neute...

Register now for Mat-Su Borough Animal Care and Regulation's free spay and neuter day for pets from low income households Feb. 14. Slots are available for 50 cat neuters, 16...

Anybody snowed in?

Well, this is unpleasant — so glad it's 16 above and not minus 25 and blowing li...

Well, this is unpleasant — so glad it's 16 above and not minus 25 and blowing like this. If you have weather photos to share, we'd love to see them. Email pics to...

Local seventh-grader Lauren DW Luchsinger Fox will sign copies of her new book “...

Local seventh-grader Lauren DW Luchsinger Fox will sign copies of her new book “Chaderick: Not a Vampire. Not a Zombie. Not a Superhero,” from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Jan....

Pull on your boots and scoot on down to share a night of fun raising money to he...

Pull on your boots and scoot on down to share a night of fun raising money to help Alaska's Healing Hearts help our veterans Saturday at the Curtis C. Menard Memorial Sports...

Planning Commission Meeting

from:City of Wasilla

Planning Commission regular meetings are scheduled for the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month; unless otherwise noted on the City Calendar. Get a snap shot of what is before...

Early Voting Methods Available

from:City of Wasilla

Early In-Person Voting Available January 23 through February 6, 2012 For your voting convenience, you may vote prior to Election Day, at...

Wasilla City Council Regular Meeting Packet

from:City of Wasilla

Interested in City government? Have you ever gone to a meeting and felt unprepared? You never have to experience that when you want to attend a Wasilla City Council...