Trapper Creek News

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.

Mat-Su public health officials are gearing up to organize their first large-scale H1N1 vaccination clinics.

The Alaska Department of Natural Resources , Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation , has initiated a planning process to create Denali State Park's first Trail Management Plan.

A series of drug busts in Trapper Creek on Tuesday uncovered five marijuana growing operations and led to three arrests, with charges pending against other suspects, according to Alaska State Troopers.

Oct. 6 -Mat Su Borough elections are today, as well as the Talkeetna Community Council election.

A A The Talkeetna Community Council has three new Directors for their Board. Meghaan A A Vaughan, the youngest director, took the most votes with 135 of 187 total voters casting A their ballot for her.

A 25 year old Anchorage man died at the Hurricane Bridge late Sunday. Multiple rescue teams responded to the call early Sunday evening at the Hurricane Bridge over the Chulitna River on the Parks Highway.

A Texas man who was run over and badly injured during a Trapper Creek music festival is back in Austin recovering and a local man is in jail, charged with drunk driving, felony assault and attempted murder.

Wasilla Farmers Market, 11 a.m.- 6 p.m., through September, behind Wasilla Public Library.

School officials say that fewer students than projected enrolled at two of the areaa TMs schools.

Alaska State Troopers have arrested a 48-year-old pickup driver suspected of seriously injuring a pedestrian at the Trapper Creek Bluegrass Festival and then driving off.

I 've always known that Alaskans throw the best music festivals, and I've been to quite a few.

Alaska State Troopers have arrested a 48-year-old pickup driver suspected of seriously injuring a pedestrian at the Trapper Creek Bluegrass Festival and then driving off.

The filing period for candidates in the October election is fast coming to a close.

With a 28-year history, the Talkeetna Bluegrass and Music Festival is set to make this year better than ever, thanks to the talent and hard work of Homer musician LuLu Small, whose entertaining antics onstage have earned her the title "Diva of Delirium." Small was there when the festival started and this year has been handed the reins to book ...

Children ride in a Cinderella - design carriage as part of a grand opening celebration July 18, 2009, for Mouse Trap Play School in downtown Palmer.

The Trapper Creek Community Council has turned down the idea of widening the Petersville Road in favor of a more complex plan that would create a separate bicycle and pedestrian path.

The Mat Su Borough School District has officially released the names of the new principals for Talkeetna Elementary and Trapper Creek Elementary.

A 42-year-old man was killed this afternoon after trying to rescue a dog from a train track south of Trapper Creek.

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.