Peters Creek News

An Anchorage Police Department dispatcher got several calls at 7:30 a.m. June 30 about a possible impaired driver on the Glenn Highway near North Peters Creek.

A recent rash of vandalism to local parks has Eagle River-Chugiak Parks, Recreation and Community Development Director John Rodda deeply concerned.

It's not a thing of beauty, but there's a certain retro-industrial charm to the rusting old bridge over Peters Creek on the Old Glenn Highway.

And after spinning spooky yarns around the campfire, one wonders, could these stories be true? Peters Creek authors Jody Ellis-Knapp doesn't know if they are true, but she's written the stories in a new book, and letting readers decide for themselves.

For someone who doesn't like to be the center of attention, Venita Moore is doing well in the spotlight.

Drivers should be ready do maneuver around orange cones and expect delays, as the summer road construction season is upon us.

Sometime between the evening of May 8 and the morning of May10 a steel eagle monument in Marianna Koehler Memorial Park in Peters Creek was broken off its base.

Many of us who live in Anchorage occasionally have bears in the neighborhood. That's not a call to lock and load, and the notion that we're going to hunt bears right out of town is both impractical and unpopular.

Tryouts for the Chugiak Post 33 American Legion summer baseball program are Sunday, starting at 2 p.m. at Oberg Field in Peters Creek.

The story begins in 1980. When Gwen was 9-month-old, her mother threw her into a fire at a campground in Peters Creek.

The Matanuska Electric Association board of directors has a meeting scheduled for noon April 2 at the Bella Vista Restaurant in Peters Creek.

Jury selection began Wednesday in the murder trial of Frank Adams, the man accused of beating his girlfriend to death in the summer of 2007 and going for a ride with her body.

The city won't be filling a dozen vacant Anchorage Fire Department jobs this year, a $1.1 million savings that leads the second round of Acting Mayor Matt Claman's budget cutting parade.

Frank Adams stands accused of beating girlfriend Stacey Johnston to death in July 2007, putting her body in the back of his red hatchback, and fleeing from police until spike strips stopped him at Peters Creek.

There will be a parent's meeting for players interested in playing baseball for Chugiak High School this spring.

For Hatem Saaed March is coming fast. That is when he leaves his wife, Hayat, and 8-year old son, Mohammed, for basic training in the U.S. Army Reserves.

Once upon a time, Christmas was a short, unassuming holiday in Chugiak and Eagle River.

Bad news at the pump was good news for the Anchorage People Mover, our city bus system.