On October 4, voters in Alaska’s Matanuska Valley roundly rejected the local government’s attempt to impose a ban on commercial cannabis cultivation and retail sales. Record voter turn-out showed the ...

Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of ...

A Colony High School music teacher has been named the 2027 Alaska Teacher of the Year.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 4—Update, 7:30 a.m. Tuesday: About 8,619 Matanuska Electric Association members remained without power by Tuesday morning, ...

Bart Rudolph cuts a tree in the Matanuska Valley's Moose Range on Dec. 4, 2022. (Tegan Hanlon/Alaska Public Media) Bart Rudolph cuts a tree in the Matanuska Valley's Moose Range on Dec. 4, 2022.

Jan. 3—Powerful winds that ripped through Southcentral Alaska over the weekend continued to cause chaos in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough on Monday — damaging buildings, flipping airplanes and truck ...

FAIRBANKS — When a New Deal agricultural resettlement project was established in the Matanuska Valley in 1935, there was limited infrastructure in place to support development. Don Irwin, former ...