Matanuska News

Windblown debris knocked out power to about 2,000 people in Palmer, including three schools, around 5 a.m. today but the power was restored by midday.

Wasilla is considering buying the Meta Rose Square to help solve the cramped library problem, a move that has run into opposition.

A female cat waits to be adopted at the Matanuska Susitna Borough Animal Care Facility near Palmer in mid-November. In October the facility euthanized 33 cats after they came down with an upper respiratory disease.

An Alaskan company is breaking into the international market with a premium vodka that is winning critical reviews in the tasting world.

Gusty winds in the Mat-Su area have knocked out power to between 700 and 1,000 customers in the Matanuska Electric Association service territory, MEA spokeswoman Lorali Carter said this afternoon.

The Matanuska Electric Association board of directors unanimously voted to begin the bidding process to design and construct a new natural gas fired power plant in Eklutna.

Bill Diehl takes off from impromptu airstrip Knik-Goose Bay Road Thursday afternoon while Wasilla police block traffic.

In Munich, Germany, on Oct. 18, 1810, the first Oktoberfest was celebrated in commemoration of the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig and Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. Since 1950, the traditional festival opening has included a 12-gun salute and a midnight tapping of the first keg of beer.

Mat-Su College organic gardening class members and volunteers harvested potatoes in the rain last week.

Students at Burchell High School earn more credits by attending classes after the regular school day ends.

The Clipper Grace, a bulk carrier vessel from Nanjing, China, lays alongside the berth at Port MacKenzie in Mat-Su Sept.

Valley Community for Recycling Solutions broke ground on a long-awaited recycling center near Palmer Sept.

Joe Griffith, interim manager for Matanuska Electric Association, says the utility may continue purchasing at least part of its power from Chugach Electric or Municipal Light & Power instead of building a power plant large enough to serve MEA's 53,000 customers.

I attended the Palmer Chamber Of Commerce lunch meeting on Wednesday to hear Joe Griffith the new General Manager of Matanuska Electric Association.

A film of interviews with Matanuska colonists who settled the Valley in 1935 is scheduled to air Monday on 360 North Television.

Juneau resident and longtime Alaska Marine Highway System Capt. Ronald Bressette recently retired, wrapping up a 34-year career.

Trunk Road is being rerouted to eliminate many of the curves in the road. The new route includes the cut near the experimental farm near the intersection with the Parks Highway.

A group from Access Alaska, from left, Judy Goodman, Gerry Milbrett, Debra Pollard, and Jim Beck took a tour of the Alaska State Fair grounds in Palmer on Tuesday, August 25, 2009, to check on vendors' progress in complying with federal laws that require handicap access at the fair.

New restrooms are going in at state parks around Alaska. They look like wood and stone but are prefabricated concrete buildings meant to withstand abuse.

Houston Mayor Roger Purcell and Fire Chief Tom Hood stand in front of a new piece of heavy-duty firefighting equipment the city bought from the Anchorage Fire Department.