Talkeetna News

Unclogged sidewalks, glacier tour cancellations and reservation-free dining in downtown Anchorage were some of the signs of a souring tourism season this year.

Russian River: Fish On! Hundreds of fishermen crowded the confluence of the Kenai and Russian rivers June 26, 2009.

Talkeetna, Alaska, is a quaint little tourist town that is located at the foot of Denali .

The Alaska Volcano Observatory yesterday downgraded the aviation warning code for Mount Redoubt from orange to yellow and the alert level from Watch to Advisory.

Analytica, a large provider of drinking water and wastewater testing in Alaska, has a new service center in Wasilla at 1649 W. Parks Highway.

The ground keeps rattling around Willow. The Alaska Earthquake Information Center reports that an earthquake at 6:27 a.m. Tuesday shook homes and businesses in the Parks Highway community.

A strong earthquake jolted Alaska's most populous region Monday, sending residents and office workers diving under desks and huddling in doorways but causing almost no damage.

A 5.4 magnitude earthquake rocked Southcentral Alaska at 11:28 a.m. today, according to the Alaska Earthquake Information Center.

Tonight on Whole Wheat Radio: Steve Durr House Concert . Live webcast begins at 8:00 pm .

The school district has okaya ed two separate principal positions for Talkeetna and Trapper Creek.

Taxes on overnight stays collected by the borough will pay for improvements at two popular parks on the east and west ends of the Mat-Su, and to put portable restrooms at a handful of frequent stopping spots that now offer only trees and bushes for cover.

Voting for the Mat Su Borough mayor takes place all day TuesdayA at a special election.

Suds is opening this Sunday at the back of Twister Creek Restaurant. A John and Gale Moses are managing the laundry and shower facility.

Wasilla and Palmer real estate statistics for May 26-June 1, 2009. These statistics show the average and median sales prices for single family homes in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.

A roadside bomb in Iraq tore through Marc Hoffmeister's left arm, leaving the soldier with more titanium than bone once reconstruction was done.

Alaska State Troopers say a Wasilla man pushed his girlfriend out of a moving car and was charged with felony assault.

A 50-year-old Talkeetna woman rolled her pickup and was airlifted to an Anchorage hospital.

A local Kodiak physician climbed Mount McKinley, North America's highest peak at 20,320 feet, earlier this month on a guided trip with the Talkeetna-based Alaska Mountaineering School.

The deadline is near for public comment on two state plans dealing with land, timber and forestry issues in the Upper Valley.

After five days of combined aerial and ground searching on Mt. McKinley, National Park Services officials report there has been no sighting of Dr.