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PALMER — After deliberating the Mat-Su Borough’s budget for two three-hour meetings this week, the Mat-Su Borough Assembly passed a budget on Thursday with a 10.322 areawide mill rate and .511 non-areawide mill rate, effectively reducing the mill rate from…

WASILLA — The Palmer Courthouse recently ordered that all non-jury court proceedings for felony and misdemeanor cases will resume starting June 1.

WASILLA — AARP recently partnered with the U.S. Attorney’s Office and FBI to host a telephonic town hall meeting Monday to raise awareness and answer the public’s questions surrounding the rampant rise of COVID-19 fraud.

Credit Union 1 will begin accepting applications for state grants to small business and nonprofits to help tide them through the COVID-19 economic emergency, according to the state Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development.

MAT-SU — As the Mat-Su Borough Assembly continues on through their budget deliberations in preparation to pass a budget, the COVID-19 pandemic is hitting Alaskan tourism businesses hard. Mat-Su Convention and Visitors Bureau President Bonnie Quill told the assembly that…

PALMER — On Tuesday, Matanuska Telephone Association celebrated the completion of the state’s first all-terrestrial fiber network connecting Alaska to the contiguous United States.

A major change by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for surface access for the proposed Pebble Mine has raised more worries about the project among rural community and Native corporation leaders in the Bristol Bay region.

WASILLA — The Extreme Fun Center and Valley Cinema opened their doors to the public after eight weeks of closure due to COVID-19. As of May 15, all normal services have been restored and normal hours of operation will resume…

PALMER — Mat-Su Middle College graduate Gavin Block was recently named a 2020 Presidential Scholar by U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos.

Prices for Alaska’s oil are headed up smartly, a relief to state officials and community leaders where the petroleum industry is important to the local economy.

A May 28 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the proposed Pebble mine is being cited to bolster arguments on both sides of the controversial project.

The Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA) has conditionally approved the acquisition of Municipal Light & Power (ML&P) by Chugach Electric Association. The 152-page order was issued late Thursday night, May 28.

It is a pleasant day for a walk in middle Alaska, with blue sky overhead, and people perhaps looking for something to do outside, with lots of space and sweet-scented summer air around them.

A major change by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for surface access for the proposed Pebble Mine has raised more worries about the project among rural community and Native corporation leaders in the Bristol Bay region.

WASILLA — As Krispy Kreme opens their doors on Tuesday, The Shoppes at Sun Mountain have already begun establishing a shopping hub in Wasilla.

The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission gave its approval for the Alaska LNG Project last week and a final order from the Commission in expected June 6.

Editor's Note: This article discusses the widespread suffering caused by the 1918 influenza pandemic along the line of the Alaska Railroad, then under construction. The article is part of a weekly report about the progress of building the railroad, which…

On Friday, May 22 the Alaska Division of Forestry office in Tok contacted the Alaska Fire Service (AFS) Dispatch with a pilot’s report of new smoke in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve. AFS conducted a reconnaissance that day and confirmed the…

Since the Mat-Su Borough School Board’s 5-2 vote on April 22 to amend high school English elective curriculum that removed five books and the New York Times Learning Network from the approved reading list, tensions have run high during emotional…

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has selected an 86-mile access road and slurry pipeline for moving ore concentrates for the big Pebble copper/gold/molybdenum project near Lake Iliamna southwest of Anchorage.