Butte News

Remember when some people were paying more than $20 per pound for red salmon earlier this season? Well, those days, thankfully, have passed.

On summer Wednesday nights, the land around Nan Skewis' Saddle Up Corral in the Butte fills with pickups and horse trailers.

I was stunned by what I saw during a walk last week. You should be as well: invasive weeds all over the place, especially narrowleaf hawksbeard and butter-and-eggs. The contrast was clear because it's been ...

An Alaska State Troopers helicopter landed along the Knik River east of Palmer on Monday afternoon to rescue a 58-year-old man who was injured when his all-terrain vehicle crashed.

With July's arrival, the farmers markets are in full swing across the state. Arthur Keyes says the Wednesday Farmers Market at Dimond Center will open for the first time today.

The latest piece of equipment at Paula Giauque's Gold Nugget Farms in the Butte doesn't look all that flashy.

On Feb. 26, the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen became the site of what some have referred to as the Doomsday Seed Vault, where the fate of global agriculture chills out.

Published: May 23rd, 2008 05:27 AM Last Modified: May 23rd, 2008 01:36 AM A 38-year-old Palmer man was killed and a teenager injured early Thursday morning in a four-wheeler accident.

“But what's usual or normal? We're a little behind”

EVAN R. STEINHAUSER / Anchorage Daily News Combine thousands of lettuce seedlings, a tractor, a mechanical transplanter and 10 pairs of busy hands and you get five acres of planted lettuce, as was the case ... via Anchorage Daily News

Published: May 7th, 2008 12:18 AM Last Modified: May 7th, 2008 12:56 AM A front-page story on Tuesday about rural business development in Alaska gave an incorrect name for one of the businesses featured in the ... via Anchorage Daily News

“I'm just asking Alaskans to be courageous”

In this Oct. 16, 2007, file photo, Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, right, accompanied by Sen. via Kansas.com

Sugarshock Shoutout: Butter Me Up The last traces of winter are finally disappearing. via Coutorture

EMBER ESCAPE: The firebreak wasn't adequate, an investigator reports. Published: April 23rd, 2008 12:10 AM Last Modified: April 23rd, 2008 12:37 AM PALMER -- A Butte man has been cited for violating state fire ... via Anchorage Daily News

“Things aren't usually quite this cold into mid-April”

MARC LESTER / Daily News archive 2006 Sandhill cranes fly between patches of farmland in Butte near Palmer. via Anchorage Daily News

“Your food insecurity is as bad as I've ever seen”

Michael Ableman farms on an island in British Columbia but said Alaska is more of an island than where he lives. via Anchorage Daily News

The Friday Creek Fire, located up the Knik River above Friday Creek, continues to smolder. via Dnr.state.ak.us

“It doesn't look like it has the potential to spread.”

A blaze near the Butte east of Palmer swelled Monday night from an estimated three acres to about 80 acres but still does not pose any immediate threat to homes, a state forestry division official said. via Anchorage Daily News

A small wildlife broke out Monday in the Butte but was not threatening any homes, state forestry officials said. via Anchorage Daily News

“The problems are caused by people who aren't here tonight”

There are about 200,000 acres in the Knik River Public Use Area, but just 836 of them got the most attention Tuesday night. via Anchorage Daily News

Published: March 19th, 2008 12:14 AM Last Modified: March 19th, 2008 12:42 AM BUTTE POPULATION: 3,166 LOCATION: South of Palmer in the Mat-Su Borough, off the Old Glenn Highway and at the foot of Bodenberg ... via Anchorage Daily News