Point MacKenzie News

Wacker Neuson representatives were on hand at the June 17, 2009 ground breaking ceremony of Alaska's Goose Creek Corrections Center.A The $240 million project, located near Point MacKenzie, AK, is the largest building construction project for the state in recent history.A The 435,000 square foot medium security facility will house over 1,500 ...

The Anchorage Assembly says construction of a bridge across Knik Arm from the city to Point MacKenzie should be delayed.

The Anchorage Assembly has unanimously backed delaying construction of a bridge across Knik Arm from the city to Point MacKenzie in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.

The Mat-Su Borough plans to spend $25,000 to study how much it will cost to run a passenger ferry between Anchorage and Mat-Su, and other potential ports of call.

The state broke ground on Wednesday for the new prison atA Point MacKenzie. A The Goose Creek Correctional Center is a $240 million project backed by both the state of Alaska and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.

Former state lawmakers Pete Kott and Vic Kohring are free to travel without asking for permission from a judge.

The Matanuska-Susitna Borough and the Alaska Department of Corrections are holding a groundbreaking ceremony today for the Goose Creek Correctional Center at the project site at Point MacKenzie.

WASILLA, Alaska - Alaska's dairy industry can now smile when it says "cheese." Nearly a year removed from the opening of Matanuska Creamery, Valley dairy farmers have gone from dumping their unsold milk to hustling to keep up with demand.

The ground beneath the proposed Knik Arm crossing got a little shakier Thursday, when a slim majority of an important state-city planning agency voted to put it on a track to nowhere.

Former wood-chipping and exporting company NPI LLC last week became an importing company when it offloaded a ship laden with 16,000 tons of cement at the Point MacKenzie port.

A privately owned natural gas supplier in Fairbanks is looking for financial support through state-backed bonds for its proposed North Slope liquefied natural gas project, as well as additional highway tanker ...

Alaska's Corrections commissioner is second in line to head state government behind Lt.

A Big Lake entrepreneur inspired by a growing population spread over 17 miles on Knik Goose Bay Road outside of Wasilla, said he plans to open a convenience store, liquor store and service station at the ...

Over 200 people gather at the Point MacKenzie General Store this Saturday to do what some would think a bit crazy.

A company run by a Wasilla man is going some 300 miles north to open the state's first large-scale wood pellet plant near Fairbanks.

A bridge across Knik Arm and roads connecting to it would cost an estimated $686 million, according to a cost estimate released today by state and federal highway officials.

The Mat-Su Borough Assembly has agreed to pay $998,385 to finish design work for a ferry landing at Port MacKenzie.

Being hit by a snowmachine isn't the way any musher wants to scratch from a race, but it could have been worse.

After pulling out of the market earlier this month, the Mat-Su Borough managed to sell its prison bonds this week.

A plan to build the largest prison in Alaska might be seriously short of funding thanks to the Wall Street meltdown and national recession.