McCarthy News

Dena'ina Center: Tourism down but convention center up. Keep them bookings comin'. DOWN -- Anchorage School District: Marching orders call for $15 million in cuts.

With only a small Veterans Administration outpatient clinic in Kenai, many veterans on the Kenai Peninsula who have lost their good health must travel to Anchorage for specialized care.

The family of a California couple whose plane took off from Wolf Lake airport northwest of Palmer in June and disappeared is gearing up for an intensive search for the couple next week.

Date: July 28, 2009 Contact: Fire Information Office , 529-0511 Contact: Tina Boehle , 644-3414 McCarthy, Alaska a ' Monday morning engine and hotshot personnel along with the Strelna and McCarthy Volunteer Fire Departments continued structure assessment and fuel reduction activities in the developed areas along the McCarthy road.

Department of Transportation and Public Facilities bridge officials today announced upcoming intermittent bridge closures near McCarthy and Northway.

Date: July 26, 2009 Contact: Fire Information Office , 907.529.0511 Contact: Tina Boehle , 907.644.3414 McCarthy, Alaskaa ' Fire personnel resumed hand and aerial firing operations yesterday to remove pockets of fuel between the fire perimeter and the south bank of the Chitina River.

Date: July 24, 2009 Contact: Fire Information Office , 907-529-0511 Contact: Tina Boehle , 907-644-3414 McCarthy, Alaska a 'Weather and winds were favorable Thursday afternoon and 3,500 acres were intentionally burned in an aerial firing operation on the Chakina Fire.

Firefighters on Monday were helping people living in cabins near Nenana clear trees and brush from around their homes in the event that a growing wildfire reaches dozens of cabins along the Teklanika River.

Maybe I shouldn't be writing this, because the quirky small-town celebration I recently observed might get so popular it becomes a bacchanalian rumble like this year's Talkeetna Moose Dropping festival.

McCarthy, Alaska- The Chakina Fire grew moderately Monday and is roughly 12,500. It is primarily progressing in a northwest and easterly direction.

BUILDING RUN: Chitina subdistrict will open monday for 156 hours. Anchorage Daily News sports@adn.com Published: May 27th, 2009 10:41 PM Last Modified: May 27th, 2009 10:41 PM Alaskans looking for something more than a single, feisty salmon tugging at the end of their fishing line have an opportunity to stock the freezer next week.