Susitna News

To some an elegant dream but to others a gargantuan nightmare, the prospect of a mega hydropower project on the Susitna River, in the upcountry somewhere between the Talkeetna Mountains and the Alaska Range, periodically reappears within the sights of those seeking solutions to the power generation issues facing Alaska's Railbelt.

Before Sarah Palin resigned, she set an ambitious energy goal for the state: By the year 2025, Alaska aims to get half of our electricity from renewable sources.

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

At least one family was evacuated Wednesday night when ice jams pushed water in Willow Creek over the banks.

When Sarah Palin burst onto the national political stage there was a lot of talk about her distinctive way of talkin', you betcha.

Very little oil and gas exploration has been done in the Susitna basin, the northern extension of the Cook Inlet basin in the valley of the Susitna River.

Fairbanks-area state lawmakers said Tuesday they expect to push efforts to lower energy costs here this spring, particularly if Anchorage and Juneau legislators, whose constituents enjoy far lower energy costs, grow complacent.

One film made, one film festival victory. One hundred percent success is the sort of record even the most acclaimed movie directors would love -- and one that Anchorage videographer Carl Batrell now owns after his 26-minute documentary on winter riding in Alaska, "Fat Bikes," won first place at the Boston Bike Film Festival last month.

The Susitna Community Council is holding board of director elections next week during their regular council meeting on Thursday, November 5 at the Senior Center/ Su Valley High School .

Things are slow? Don't tell that to the Mat-Su Borough. A gradual slowdown of Alaska's economy is affecting the sprawling Matanuska-Susitna Borough along with the rest of the state, but the borough government is hustling a string of projects that is taking some of the sting out of the slowdown and laying a foundation of long-needed regional ...

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

State Sen. Joe Thomas says the analysis should be ready next spring on the proposal to dam the Susitna River to generate electricity.

Host Holly Stinson visits with Eleanor Trepte Martin, who arrived in Alaska as a six- year-old in 1927.

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.

The discovery of human remains by an excavator has halted construction of a warehouse next to the Knik Museum.

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

Alaskans have talked about a road to Nome for decades and now state transportation planners are taking a new look, with updated information.

The poor national economy this summer boosted the use of Matanuska-Susitna state parks but took a toll on everyone else in the local tourist business.