Point MacKenzie News

San Francisco independent plans to look for natural gas later this year around Point MacKenzie in the upper Cook Inlet.

Two hunters who vanished while on a canoe trip along the Susitna River this weekend were found dead in Cook Inlet on Tuesday afternoon, said the Alaska State Troopers.

Provisions from 2000 law could complicate a future open season for in state use of natural gas, debates go back to summer 2004 Dusting off a debate left unresolved with the demise of natural gas pipeline ...

Rising fuel costs are prompting recommendations from the Alaska Mobility Coalition for state funding for public transit services.

The state has reached a key milestone in its prison expansion plans, announcing today an agreement with the city of Seward to expand its maximum-security prison there by 144 beds.

Submitted by Joe Campbell on Mon, 06/16/2008 - 08:16. Alaska State Troopers say an inmate killed himself at the point Mackenzie correctional farm over the weekend.

State had sought information, which was made public Tuesday. Published: June 10th, 2008 11:44 PM Last Modified: June 10th, 2008 11:55 PM With the state asking pointed questions about cost projections for a Knik ...

After five years and $41.5 million spent on planning, one of Southcentral Alaska's most ambitious development dreams, the Knik Arm Bridge, is at a crossroads.

Robert Friesen drills water wells for a living, with a side business building commercial buildings for rent.

The Matanuska-Susitna Borough is preparing to fork over some big money this year getting ready for construction of a new state prison at Point MacKenzie.

Three firms are now competing for a design-build contract for the Point MacKenzie Correctional Center, a 1,536-bed medium security facility with a price tag that could stretch to $260 million.

Gov. Sarah Palin vetoed $265 million from the fiscal year 2009 state capital budget and $2.6 million from the operating budget May 23, the final day on which she could act to trim spending through vetoes.

For a guy who's currently propping up the state's tiny dairy business, Kyle Beus is deceptively at ease.

The Mat-Su Borough fared much better this year in the state's capital budget, Assistant Borough Manager Marian Romano said this week, calling Gov.

Officials in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough are breathing a sigh of relief this week after reviewing Gov.

AUCTIONS: Gear from plants and a dairy farm will go on the block. Published: May 21st, 2008 11:31 AM Last Modified: May 21st, 2008 11:33 AM WASILLA -- A bit of Alaska history goes on the auction block today and ...

The Matanuska-Susitna Borough and the Alaska Department of Corrections have selected three companies to compete for a design-build contract for the new state prison.

Carpenter Eric Wolford, 30, for nine years has commuted to work at Anchorage job sites.

Published: April 27th, 2008 12:50 AM Last Modified: April 27th, 2008 01:18 AM A $250 million plan to build a medium-security prison near Point MacKenzie in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough is attracting ... via Anchorage Daily News

Published: April 22nd, 2008 02:21 PM Last Modified: April 22nd, 2008 02:23 PM State corrections officers this afternoon publicly censured their boss, Corrections Commissioner Joe Schmidt, with a vote of "no ... via Anchorage Daily News