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Phone repair attempt delayed until daylight Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Sunday, August 27, 2006 Matanuska Telephone Association attempted to repair a break in its fiber optic cable at midnight Sunday, but decided to wait until daylight because of the...
Fire crews fighting to save Su Valley High Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Thursday, June 28, 2007 SU VALLEY HIGH (8 pm Tuesday night)--Flames were shooting through the roof of Su Valley High School near Talkeetna, and firefighters were trying to save it...
Fire under investigation Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Thursday, June 28, 2007 The cause of a fire that destroyed Susitna Valley High last night is not yet known. A State Fire Marshal investigator arrived at the blaze last night and will continue...
Public Hearings Conclude on 2013 Budget Mat-Su | Stefan Hinman | Wednesday, May 01, 2013 This week, dedicated residents finished testifying before the Assembly of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough on the $418.5 million proposed budget. Deliberations begin...
Things to consider during flood recovery Mat-Su | EOC; Patty Sullivan, PIO | Sunday, September 23, 2012 Emergency Operations Center, Sep 24—As some residents move into the RECOVERY MODE consider this: Please document everything. It will affect...
One Stop Shop a Win for McKinley FIre Victims Mat-Su | Stefan Hinman | Wednesday, September 18, 2019 Mat-Su —A One Stop Shop event took place Monday evening, bringing together numerous agencies, non-profits and small businesses on behalf of the victims...
TSW Rules, Rates & Procedures Updates Changes were recommended by Mat-Su Borough staff in conjunction with the State of Alaska Rural Utilities Business Advisors and supported by the Talkeetna Sewer & Water Advisory Board. Key Dates Changes adopted by...
Government Peak Recreation Area Summer Trails - Open The Government Peak Recreation Area in summer offers a variety of recreation. Enjoy the wide grassy paths to walk, steep trails to hike, singletrack trails to ride by mountain bike, and equestrian...
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MAT-SU Trails & Parks Foundation off and runn Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Tuesday, March 29, 2011 MAT-SU— A new trails foundation in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough recently gained major momentum. On March 15, a roomful of trail supporters was pleased when...
MAT-SU grew by 50 percent in past decade Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Tuesday, March 15, 2011 MAT-SU— The new U.S. Census numbers show what State economist Neal Fried frequently presents: “The Valley continues to eclipse the rest of the state.” The...
2013 budget adopted, vetoes overturned Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Wednesday, May 16, 2012 MAT-SU—Last night (May 15) the Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly overturned three mayoral vetoes on the new budget. Monday night the Assembly adopted a budget...
Safely dispose of unwanted medications Sept. Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Wednesday, September 15, 2010 MATANUSKA-SUSITNA BOROUGH—Two local communities are joining a nationwide effort encouraging citizens to safely dispose of unwanted or expired...
Su River Fire 4,000 acres Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Thursday, June 28, 2007 MAT-SU—The Su River Fire, west of the Susitna River and about five miles west of mile 79 of the Parks Highway, has burned 4,000 acres, as of 1 pm. The head of the fire is...
40 cabins/homes threatened by Su River fire Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Thursday, June 28, 2007 MAT-SU 5:30pm--The Su River Fire near Trapper Lake has increased to 5,574 acres. The blaze is crowning in tree tops and spotting ahead of the main fire. A...
Fire moving into wings of school Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Monday, June 04, 2007 SUSITNA VALLEY HIGH (8:50 pm Tuesday night)--A helicopter has dumped more than 29 buckets of water on the flames, but the fire is continuing its advance into the wings of...
Road Updates for Saturday Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Sunday, August 27, 2006 INCIDENT RECOVERY CENTER—MAT-SU Borough road crews and contractors have been working round the clock on road clean-up and repairs. They have made significant progress, but the...
Update: Help Centers Open Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Wednesday, August 23, 2006 EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER-- Residents who are affected by the flood can visit the Help Centers located at the Willow Community Center and Sunshine Fire Station. The...
Road closures and communications throughout Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Saturday, August 19, 2006 EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER-- The following roads are either partly closed or completely closed for vehicle traffic. A passable designation means that...
Flood warning for Little Su, Willow Creek Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Friday, August 18, 2006 COTTONWOOD PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING-- The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for small streams in the Matanuska and Susitna Valleys, specifically...
Flood Update 4:15pm 8/18/06 Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Friday, August 18, 2006 EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER--Borough Mayor Tim Anderson signed a disaster declaration this afternoon for the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. The Borough activated an Emergency...
Flood Update 9:30pm 8/18/06 Water breaches Ba Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Thursday, August 17, 2006 EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER--Emergency responders are sounding sirens and evacuating residents in East Talkeetna. Water has breached the Mercedes...
Calls rising for MAT-SU ambulance personnel Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Tuesday, May 16, 2006 PALMER—Ambulances across the Matanuska-Susitna Borough responded to 5,261 calls for help and transported 3,967 patients last fiscal year. This year the...
Flood event update 3 am, Sept. 22 Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Saturday, September 22, 2012 EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER—Here is a 3 am update on the Flood Event. No new road closures have occurred in the last several hours. Water levels have been reported...
Parks Highway still open at Houston Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Sunday, August 27, 2006 EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER--Officials are keeping the Parks Highway open at mile 58 at Houston. Earlier the highway had rising water on one lane, but the water...
Winds blowing ash west, away from population Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Sunday, March 22, 2009 MAT-SU—6:15 a.m.—Redoubt volcano erupted five times beginning last night at 10:48 p.m. and continuing through this morning. As of 2:40 a.m. the community of...
Redoubt erupts, light ashfall in Susitna Vall Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Sunday, March 22, 2009 MAT-SU—4:15 a.m.—Mt. Redoubt erupted four times last night. The National Weather Service predicted light ashfall for the Susitna Valley. As of 2:40 a.m. the...
150 Attend Budget Hearing in Willow Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Friday, May 08, 2015 They flew in from Trapper Creek, others drove 40 minutes from Talkeetna, and some gathered from Willow, 150 or more residents in all, assembled to participate in the...
No Repeal of permanent car registration Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Tuesday, August 04, 2015 An effort to repeal permanent car registration was postponed indefinitely by the Assembly tonight. The local Alaska DMV has been crowded recently by residents...
Voluntary Evacuation Lifted for the Butte Mat-Su | Stefan Hinman | Saturday, July 12, 2014 Mat-Su— The Voluntary Evacuation Notification for the Butte is lifted for now. The water level of the Matanuska River is now below action stage and will not...
Voluntary Evacuation Still Advised for Butte Mat-Su | Stefan Hinman | Friday, July 11, 2014 Mat-Su — The Voluntary Evacuation is still advised for some Butte residents along the Matanuska River but could be lifted tomorrow afternoon if conditions...
Assembly approves 2014 budget Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Thursday, May 23, 2013 MAT-SU— Last night the Assembly for the Matanuska-Susitna Borough adopted a budget, described by Mayor Larry DeVilbiss, as the most scrutinized Borough budget in his career...
10 amendments, more to come in Borough budget Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Wednesday, May 15, 2013 MAT-SU — Last night the Assembly for the Matanuska-Susitna Borough began its budget deliberations in earnest. The Assembly adopted ten amendments that both...
After the flood in Butte Mat-Su | | Wednesday, September 26, 2012 MAT-SU— Here is a flyer to a community meeting in Butte tomorrow night, Sept. 27, 6 pm at the Talkeetna Elementary School off Plumley Road. State and borough staff will give details on...
Monday update on Flood Mat-Su | VickieLee Fenster | Monday, September 24, 2012 Monday Morning Update from the Emergency Operation Center 9/24/2012 TALKEETNA- A community meeting will be held at 6 pm on Tuesday night, (25th of September) at Talkeetna...
Borough Monitoring Minor Flooding Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Tuesday, September 29, 2015 Emergency responders with the Mat-Su Borough are monitoring high water. The weather is expected to change to snow and then become clear by Thursday, however, in...
4:20 pm RIVER UPDATE. Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Friday, September 21, 2012 According to the Alaska River Forecast Center and the National Weather Service, the Upper Susitna is expected to continue to rise over the next 24-36 hours. The confluence with...
Sunshine Transit willing to get people out Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Friday, September 21, 2012 Talkeetna—Sunshine Transit is now an emergency vehicle and has gone off its regular schedule. Please pass it on. We are helping anyone who needs assistance...
More Flooding and Evacuations in the MAT-SU B Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Friday, September 21, 2012 Mercedes Road in Talkeetna has risen 6 inches since 6pm on Thursday evening and is still on the rise. The culverts at Cummings Road are at capacity and...
Online services, big convenience in Borough Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Wednesday, March 21, 2012 Adding more online services in a borough nearly the size of Scotland will be a great convenience for some residents of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. “It's...
Pot Sales Ban Goes Down, Pools Saved, Pot Tax Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Tuesday, October 04, 2016 Matanuska-Susitna Borough voters at the polls tonight voted down prohibiting commercial pot sales and cultivation outside cities and inside the Borough,...
Recreation Bond Put on October Ballot Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Wednesday, June 22, 2016 Some $22 million in Borough-wide improvements to two pools, three ice arenas, nine trails, a park, and trail bridges will be considered by voters on Oct. 4. The...
Got Drugs? MAT-SU | | TAKING BACK UNWANTED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS - OCTOBER 28 at Fred Meyer in Wasilla and Palmer, and Talkeetna Sunshine Community Health Center On Saturday, October 28, 2017 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m . the Drug Enforcement Administration...
Borough IT Works to Restore Services Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Wednesday, July 25, 2018 A computer virus that is surfacing across the nation has been detected in the computer infrastructure at the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. For the past two days, most...
MSB Cybersecurity Incident August 24 Update Mat-Su | Erin Leaders | Friday, August 24, 2018 The Matanuska-Susitna Borough is working diligently to try to ensure that systems are brought back online as quickly as possible, but also securely. At this...
MSB Cybersecurity Incident September 5 Update Mat-Su | Erin Leaders, PIO | Wednesday, September 05, 2018 The Matanuska-Susitna Borough continues to make progress bringing services back online after the recent cybersecurity incident; however, there are...
MSB Cybersecurity Incident Update Sept. 20 Mat-Su | Erin Leaders, PIO | Friday, September 21, 2018 IT Director Eric Wyatt reports many core Borough IT services have been restored and most essential services will be restored by the end of September....
Safely dispose unwanted medications April 30 Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Tuesday, March 15, 2011 MAT-SU – On April 30, 2011 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska State Troopers, Palmer Police Department and the Drug Enforcement...
Local Emergency Planning Mat-Su LEPC Plan focus: All Hazards The Mat-Su LEPC is committed to the safety of our communities by ensuring proper resources and planning for emergencies. Communities Served The district served by the Mat-Su LEPC encompasses...
High wind warning in MAT-SU, 75 mph gusts thr Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Monday, December 13, 2010 A high wind warning will be in effect by 3 pm today, Tuesday, with wind gusts exceeding 75 mph in the Matanuska Valley, including the communities of...
Election certified, Mayor, Assembly Members Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Tuesday, October 16, 2012 The results from the Oct. 2, 2012 election for the Matanuska-Susitna Borough were certified tonight, and three Assembly Members and the Mayor took the oath...
Water Levels Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Thursday, September 20, 2012 According to the National Weather Service, Willow Creek is at major flood stage. Moderate flood stage is reported at Yentna River at Lake Creek and Montana Creek at the Parks Highway....
Rasmuson Gives Grant for Ski Area Anchorage | Patty Sullivan | Tuesday, December 02, 2014 The Rasmuson Foundation recently awarded the Matanuska-Susitna Borough $200,000 for the Government Peak Recreation Area project. The funds will help enhance the...
Ripping winds put Mat-Su on alert Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Sunday, April 29, 2007 The number of emergency responders on duty will be stepped up today in response to the high winds cutting across the Matanuska and Susitna valleys. The extra crews will...
One-acre fire near Big Lake surrounded Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Thursday, June 28, 2007 A fire driven by wind in red-flag conditions near Big Lake was quickly surrounded and put under control tonight (Tuesday). Within an hour, fire crews from the...
Incredible bridge work, flood cleanup Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Tuesday, October 02, 2012 A volunteer group will be in the community for a week or more to help residents with cleanup in private homes. Some 823 structures in the Mat-Su were damaged and...
Borough continues recovery from flood Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Friday, October 19, 2012 The Matanuska-Susitna Borough continues its effort to recover from a flood disaster in September. Federal and state officials completed a field assessment of...
Tew, Leonard Lead at Polls Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Tuesday, October 03, 2017 Clayton Tew leads incumbent James "Dan" Mayfield at the polls tonight in the race for Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly District 5, the Big Lake and Knik-Goose Bay Road...
Final meetings for regional aviation plan Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Monday, May 31, 2010 After 17 months of study and meetings with pilots, airstrip owners, community leaders, airport neighbors, and others, an airport planning team has released its...
Rail, fire halls, roads for Mat-Su region Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Monday, April 15, 2013 Matanuska-Susitna Borough officials greatly appreciate the $143 million in area funding for rail, roads, state highways, fire halls, schools, tourism and...
Second place in state for Borough video Anchorage | Patty Sullivan | Saturday, January 26, 2013 Crisis communications during the federal flood disaster and a video on Port MacKenzie each earned second place in the Alaska Chapter of the Public Relations...