Palmer News

The Valley's borough and state political leaders met this week to try to make sure the Valley's top road, building and other projects get adequate funding in the state budget next year.

Anchorage Police Department officers stopped Leterry Benton, 19, of Palmer, for speeding on the Glenn Highway near the Eklutna exit Oct.

Authorities say a recent Internet prostitution sting called the biggest to date in the Mat-Su revealed a previously hidden world of men seeking cyber sex.

Gusty winds in the Mat-Su area have knocked out power to between 700 and 1,000 customers in the Matanuska Electric Association service territory, MEA spokeswoman Lorali Carter said this afternoon.

Anchorage's health department issued an advisory this afternoon that dust particulates in the air in Anchorage and Eagle River are approaching unhealthful levels as glacier silt blows in from the Valley.

Gurn Circle is a community in progress. The cul-de-sac just south of the Palmer-Wasilla Highway off Gurn Street was alive on a recent Saturday morning with the sounds of power tools, hammering and good-natured ribbing.

Ten men were arrested last week in a prostitution sting being called the first of its kind in the Mat-Su. The bust, made by the Palmer and Wasilla police departments with help from the FBI and Anchorage police, was part of a national push to find underage victims of prostitution or human trafficking.

Someone recently asked why they should buy a home in the Palmer-Wasilla area as opposed to Eagle River so I said: "OKlets take a look." Assume that you are driving 50 miles each way100 miles a day.

A juried exhibit at Madd Matters Gallery sufficiently roused our curiosity to make the drive to Palmer recently.

Saturday, 2 p.m. Alaska Rock Garden Society monthly meeting. Plants for your Troughs, presented by Florene Carney and Verna Pratt.

A budget shortfall has forced severe cuts in the Valley's bus system, reducing both trips and drivers, and stranding at home, at least temporarily, some people who have grown to rely on the buses.

Weeding between the rows of head lettuce is done by hand in a field in Palmer, Alaska.

PURSUIT: Police eventually nudge pickup into ditch. Published: October 13th, 2009 09:56 PM Last Modified: October 13th, 2009 09:57 PM A commuter "approaching diabetic shock" led police on a miles-long chase outbound on the Glenn Highway Monday night, forcing officers to push his pickup off the road and slash its tires to stop him, according to ...

When the newly renovated Downtown Palmer Plaza opened in 2007, it represented the latest addition to Palmer's increasingly bustling shopping district.

The Matanuska Electric Association has voted to offer $50,000 to each of two high-level employees fired this spring.

With this week's latest Tsunami scare and third within the last several months, it begs to question, "Is there a cause for all the underwater activity, regarding earthquakes and Tsunamis? The answer to that question is NO.

The Jon Starheim grinning from his MySpace page is a ruggedly handsome 25-year-old with a gleam in his eyes, an Iraq war vet who loved camping and hiking, hanging out with friends and family, relaxing with a beer.

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

The Crimson Bears boys' cross country team's strong performance with three top-15 runners earned it a second-place finish at Saturday's ASAA/First National Bank State Cross Country Championships on the Michael Janecek Running Trails at Palmer High School.

After the earthquake in Samoa on Tuesday, September 29, the Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer, Alaska, at 7:24 p.m., issued its sixth update for the California and Oregon coast.